Re: why does /etc/namedb link to /var?

2012-08-23 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
[ Gary Aitken wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 23:39:16 -0600 ] Can anyone shed light on why /etc/namedb is a symlink to /var/named/etc/namedb? It seems to me this is general configuration stuff which should be in /etc/namedb on the root partition, not on /var. I thought /var was used for

why does /etc/namedb link to /var?

2012-08-22 Thread Gary Aitken
Can anyone shed light on why /etc/namedb is a symlink to /var/named/etc/namedb? It seems to me this is general configuration stuff which should be in /etc/namedb on the root partition, not on /var. I thought /var was used for things like logs, process ids of running processes, etc. Gary

Re: why does /etc/namedb link to /var?

2012-08-22 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Wednesday, August 22, 2012 a las 11:39:16PM -0600, Gary Aitken escribió: Can anyone shed light on why /etc/namedb is a symlink to /var/named/etc/namedb? It seems to me this is general configuration stuff which should be in /etc/namedb on the root partition, not on /var. I thought

Re: why does /etc/namedb link to /var?

2012-08-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/08/2012 06:39, Gary Aitken wrote: Can anyone shed light on why /etc/namedb is a symlink to /var/named/etc/namedb? Because named chroots into /var/named in the default configuration. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: