On 09/22/2009 02:43 AM, Martin Gieseking wrote: > Am 21.09.2009 23:24, Till Maas wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:58:32PM -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote: >>> On 09/21/2009 04:04 PM, Till Maas wrote: >>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 08:47:24PM +0200, Martin Gieseking wrote: >>>> >>>>> during the review of ncrack >>>>> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523199) I noticed that >>>>> the file ncrack-services is placed in /usr/share/ncrack by >>>>> default. Since it is a kind of configuration file that contains >>>>> mappings between port numbers and protocol names (similar to >>>>> /etc/services), I'm not sure whether the location >>>>> /usr/share/ncrack is OK or whether it's required to move it to >>>>> /etc. Here's its content: >>>> Imho it does not need to be moved to /etc, because it should only be >>>> edited by experienced users and then the user can specify a the edited >>>> file at the commandline. >>>> >>> Neither of which are factors considered by the FHS. >> >> Since the file is not meant to be edited, it is not a host-specific >> config file, but a package version specific config file, which is >> managed by upstream and not by the user. So from the users point of >> view, it's more a data file than a config file. > > Casey and Till, > > thanks for your comments. If I interpret them correctly, there's no > Fedora policy that demands moving the file to /etc even if /etc could > also be a proper location. Then we can finish the review of ncrack. :) > This is an Incorrect summary. Fedora has a policy of following the FHS. If the files are config, then they go in /etc. Till is making incorrect statements when he uses this reasoning: """ Imho it does not need to be moved to /etc, because it should only be edited by experienced users and then the user can specify a the edited file at the commandline. """ The level of experience of the user is irrelevant. If the user edits the file to configure the program, then it goes into /etc. In his next message, though, he says this: """ Since the file is not meant to be edited, it is not a host-specific config file """ and concludes that the file is a data file. This is a more correct stating of the Guidelines. > >> Btw. as far as I understand the program, if the config file is changed, >> then an addional module, which is written in C++, that covers the new >> service needs to be added, too. > > Not necessarily. There might be scenarios where you want to change the > default ports for several services, maybe because the ssh daemons in > your local network are configured to listen on port 12345. In this case > the admin possibly would like to adapt the default settings of ncrack. > This means that the file must go in /etc. -Toshio
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