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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, No Spam wrote:

>>Description:
>	Most programs now write to /var rather than /usr.
>	Xdm still writes in /usr, preventing /usr from being
>	mounted read-only.
>>How-To-Repeat:
>	Run xdm and observe files created in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/
>>Fix:
>sopwith rcsdiff xdm-config
>===================================================================
>RCS file: RCS/xdm-config,v
>retrieving revision 1.1
>diff -r1.1 xdm-config
>2,3c2,7
>< DisplayManager.errorLogFile:  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors
>< DisplayManager.pidFile:               /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid
>---
>> !
>> ! Files that frequently change belong in /var, not /usr.
>> DisplayManager.errorLogFile:  /var/log/xdm-errors
>> DisplayManager.pidFile:               /var/run/xdm-pid
>> DisplayManager.authDir:               /var/xdm
>> !
>sopwith
>
>Also need to mkdir /var/xdm
>(or maybe /var/X11/xdm )

The first half of this (/var/run/xdm-pid) is already present in -current
xsrc.  I agree with the second half, but am not sure what location of
DisplayManager.authDir should be used.  I am CC'ing tech-userlevel on
this, to see what people think.

- -- 
				Jim Wise
				jwise@unicast.com


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