Re: [pcp] pcp files/dirs in /etc not owned by root

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25/09/14 09:01, Nathan Scott wrote:
> ...
> There is one problem here - the cron scripts run as the user pcp and it
> is possible that they will need to generate config.default.  Thus they
> will either need to change back to running as root, or they will need to
> be able to write those two files in those two directories.
>
> Other than that little quirk, I think this is a great idea.
Excellent point.

Perhaps these files should not be in /etc.

What if the pmlogger config files could also be found in a new 
/var/lib/pcp/config/pmlogger directory (dejau vu?) ... this could be 
owned by the pcp user (like the pmda dir in /var/lib/pcp/config).
Then we move the generated files from below /etc to below /var, but keep 
the control files in /etc.
Same logic of course for pmie.

Thoughts?