Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:30:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (forw) Re: ndc(8) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908261627380.63487-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <19990827004608.A52663@enterprise.sanyusan.se>
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Anders Andersson wrote: > ----- Forwarded message from Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> ----- > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:20:16 +0100 > From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> > To: Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> > Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: ndc(8) > Message-ID: <19990826212016.D86126@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> > X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i > Organization: FreeBSD Project <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/>; > > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 10:02:01AM +0200, Anders Andersson wrote: > > I found that ndc(8) man page is a little wrong, for example > > > > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /var/tmp/named.stats' > > > > is not correct, since named.stats get dumped to /etc/namedb/named.stats. > > > > It should read: > > > > 'stats Causes named to dump its statistics to /etc/namedb/named.stats' > > > > This also applies for /var/tmp/named_dump.db, that one goes also in > > /etc/namedb. > > Guys, before we fix the manpage on this, could someone please follow > this up with -hackers? I was under the impression (but could be wrong) > that programs weren't meant to do this sort of thing in /etc (or > subdirectories of /etc) and that /var/ is the best place for them. > > As I say, I could be wrong, but it'd be nice to get confirmation from > -hackers that this is the expected behaviour. You are correct, a read-only /etc/ is always part of the plan, and /var is the proper place for this kind of info to be dumped. Also, before we invest a lot of time in this, people should be aware that ndc is fundamentally different in BIND 8.2.x. This is not to say that fixing this now is not a good thing, just that it's not worth a whole LOT of time since things will be changing whenever the new BIND is imported. HTH, Doug -- "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' 'She said you're too young a man to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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