Re: Comments on FHS testsuite run
* Scott Ellis <sellis2@carolina.rr.com> [20001020 21:22]:
>> Since /bin/domainname is required by the FHS, the nis package should
>> be installed in any case. Currently, the priority is extra.
> Flaw in the standard then, since NIS is a potential security hole and is
> unneeded on a vast majority of systems (including most personal systems
> where its installation does nothing other than slow the boot process).
You are right. The FHS should probably require /bin/dnsdomainname
instead of /bin/domainname. (This mail is CCed to the FHS list.)
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Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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