Re: NEVER remove log files without asking
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 06:19:51PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
>
> I'd think that calling a directory /var/log/apache is a pretty big hint
> that the apache package "owns" it, and anything under it is presumed to
> be package data, not user data.
Incorrect, the apache package does *not* _own_ the contents of
/var/log/apache, the system admin does. If that admin puts _anything_
in that directory for _whatever_ reason it should not be removed when
the apache package is purged.
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Jamin W. Collins
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and day to make you everybody else is to fight the hardest battle any
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