Subject: Re: bin/7078: xdm should write to /var, not /usr (with fix)
To: None <qiclab!sopwith.UUCP!qiclab.scn.rain.com!sopwith.uucp!nospam@netbsd.org>
From: Jim Wise <jwise@unicast.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/03/1999 14:09:00
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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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