On 2010-03-21, a b <obsdmisc...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks for all your replies. > > I guess my original questions were perhaps > written in haste, however in a way I still think it would make sense for > OpenBSD to check the permissions of key files (/etc/security style). I > would have thought there is no reason why files already owned by root in a > default install (etcXX.tgz) should be owned by another user when put in place > by a siteXX file.
Sounds way too complicated, site*.tgz is a simple and flexible mechanism, easily tested, and taking up very little space on the ramdisks. Besides, you might need to install files owned by other users anyway e.g. to use with packages.
