From: Bryan M. Andersen (bmandrsn@news.weeg.uiowa.edu)
Date: 07/07/93


From: bmandrsn@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Bryan M. Andersen)
Subject: Re: 0.99pl10 & NET-010 Problems
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 18:56:41 GMT

mwb5y@cs.virginia.edu (Mark Bailey) writes:

> > If I remember right /etc/protocols is linked to /usr/etc/protocols and
> > (in my case) /usr/etc was linked to /etc :(

>Yes. I found this quite annoying. The /usr/etc is linked to /etc by
>default for the SLS distribution...and the NET-2 config stuff seems to
>assume otherwise.

>What is the "proper" thing to do here? Unlink the /usr/etc or fix the
>links?

If it's any help I linked both the /usr/etc and the /etc files to the
/conf/net directory. The theory being go directly to the real file.

ln -sf /conf/net/{file} /usr/etc/{file}
ln -sf /conf/net/{file} /etc/{file}

Looking back at my saved history these seam to be the links I made.

  ln -sf /conf/net/services /etc/services
  ln -sf /conf/net/services /usr/etc/services

  ln -sf /conf/net/rpc /usr/etc/rpc
  ln -sf /conf/net/rpc /etc/rpc

  ln -sf /conf/net/protocols /etc/protocols
  ln -sf /conf/net/protocols /usr/etc/protocols

  ln -sf /conf/net/named.reload /usr/etc/named.reload
  ln -sf /conf/net/named.reload /etc/named.reload

  ln -sf /conf/net/named.restart /etc/named.restart
  ln -sf /conf/net/named.restart /usr/etc/named.restart

  ln -sf /conf/net/printcap /usr/etc/printcap
  ln -sf /conf/net/printcap /etc/printcap

  ln -sf /conf/net/inetd.conf /usr/etc/idetd.conf
  ln -sf /conf/net/inetd.conf /etc/idetd.conf

I personally feel the /usr/etc lilnks should go away, but I didn't
know if the distribution needed them or for that matter other
programs.

-- 
Bryan M. Andersen
<bryan-andersen@uiowa.edu>
<bmandrsn@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu>