Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:53:55 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu> Cc: Bakul Shah <bakul@torrentnet.com>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: removing enigma(1) Message-ID: <19991201155354.M22444@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.991201163551.28343A-100000@frost.umd.edu> References: <19991201152633.K22444@futuresouth.com> <Pine.OSF.3.95q.991201163551.28343A-100000@frost.umd.edu>
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On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 04:36:12PM -0500, a little birdie told me that James Howard remarked > On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > > > [15:25:53] mortis:~ > > (ttyp9):{838}% ll -i `which crypt` `which enigma` > > 23155 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4980 Oct 29 13:47 /usr/bin/crypt* > > 23155 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4980 Oct 29 13:47 /usr/bin/enigma* > > Why is that a hard link instead of a symbolic link? Probably the same reason most (all?) things in the base system that run linked are hard links: (ll -i | sort is instructive) /sbin: 14445 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 150840 Oct 29 13:46 mount_mfs* 14445 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 150840 Oct 29 13:46 newfs* (That's pretty cool, if mildly weird) 14442 -r-xr-xr-x 5 root wheel 59756 Oct 29 13:46 mount_devfs* 14442 -r-xr-xr-x 5 root wheel 59756 Oct 29 13:46 mount_fdesc* 14442 -r-xr-xr-x 5 root wheel 59756 Oct 29 13:46 mount_kernfs* 14442 -r-xr-xr-x 5 root wheel 59756 Oct 29 13:46 mount_procfs* 14442 -r-xr-xr-x 5 root wheel 59756 Oct 29 13:46 mount_std* /bin: 124 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 48592 Oct 29 13:43 [* 124 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 48592 Oct 29 13:43 test* Sendmail the same way (I can't show it since I have Postfix installed, but...) (Ah, here's another system:) 430769 -r-sr-xr-x 5 root 7 290816 Nov 18 1998 /usr/bin/mailq* 430769 -r-sr-xr-x 5 root 7 290816 Nov 18 1998 /usr/bin/newaliases* 430769 -r-sr-xr-x 5 root 7 290816 Nov 18 1998 /usr/sbin/sendmail* etc. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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