Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 2 May 1996 14:20:52 +0100 | From | Matthew J Brown <> | Subject | Re: Cleaning up the config files in /etc (Re: As 2.0 looms) (fwd) |
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Dan Merillat writes: > How weird. In effect, /etc IS /etc/conf.d.... :) > > No. BUT: pid files should get the hell out of /etc, /etc/mtab should go > to /var/run, anything dynamic out. Subdirs for different systems > (networking, mail, whadevva)
/etc/mtab should not exist (save as a symlink to /proc/mounts). /proc/mounts should be updated so it contains all the information /etc/mtab contains.
There should be no need for /etc/mtab, because it contains no info the kernel doesn't already have.
/etc/mtab is also a special case because it *can't* move to /var. Why? because /var could be a seperate partition!
-Matt
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