Subject: Re: ssh config path change (/etc -> /etc/ssh)
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/12/2002 23:25:17
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:54:22AM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> >> 	for NetBSD-current, ssh configuration file have moved from /etc
> >> 	to /etc/ssh (follows openssh 3.0.2 -> 3.1 change).
> >> 	you will need to perform the following before you restarting sshd:
> >> 	# mkdir /etc/ssh
> >> 	# mv /etc/{ssh.conf,sshd.conf,ssh*key,ssh*key.pub} /etc/ssh
> >> 	# vi /etc/sshd.conf
> >> 		(change reference to /etc/ssh*key to /etc/ssh/ssh*key)
> >Are you sure this was the right thing to do?
> 
> 	yes.
> 
> >Since we don't use the
> >same config file names, why cause users more pain by moving them again
> >just because OpenSSH did?
> 
> 	i really think that we should revert the config file name changes
> 	(go back to ssh_config and sshd_config).

I don't care much about the ssh subdir, but I object to this one:
other configuartion files are called foo.conf, and I think we should stay
consistent ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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