Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: File flags (LONG)
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
From: Dr. Lex Wennmacher <wennmach@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE>
List: tech-security
Date: 02/02/1999 18:47:10
On Feb 2,  9:27am, Eduardo E. Horvath wrote:
> What about having a separate:
>
> 	/etc/mtree/NetBSD.secure
>
> and
>
> 	/etc/mtree/NetBSD.dist
>
> instead of separate flags?  It would seem a bit more flexible.
>

Uhmm. What if somebody uses the other file flags (like arch or opaque) on his
system files? These would always be reset when mtree is run. And how do you
guarantee consistency between the two mtree specification files, esp. if
someone wants to customize the file flags settings?

-- Lex