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Re: Things todo before we announce

To: cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Things todo before we announce
From: Dan.Koren@xxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:07:34 -0800
Cc: nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
References: <200003291619.KAA22984@fsgi344.americas.sgi.com> <mostek@sgi.com> <10003300954.ZM7142@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <14562.42090.314696.82332B@gibble.americas.sgi.com>
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cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> At Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:54:52 -0500,
> Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mar 30,  2:19am, Jim Mostek wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: Things todo before we announce
> >
> > just a small thing, but it could become a headache later - is anyone
> > violently opposed to this change...?
>
> Not really... but I think a better idea would be
> to have /usr/xfs/ put all of our binaries in there,
> with links in /sbin.
> 

Symbolic links in /sbin to files residing on a different file
system are potentially dangerous ... /sbin is the directory of
last resort and everything in it should be usable with only /
mounted.

thx,


dk

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Dan Koren                                        Dan.Koren@xxxxxxx
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