+1 to this. Every time I have to hit scap content I hit /usr/share/sc<tab> and then do a search to remember that it was under 'xml'.
Trevor On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Shawn Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 10/21/16 2:15 PM, Martin Preisler wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Steve Grubb" <[email protected]> <[email protected]>> To: > > [email protected]> Cc: "Martin Preisler" > > <[email protected]> <[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 > > 3:02:35 PM> Subject: Re: The default install location of SSG> > On Friday, > > October 21, 2016 2:37:32 PM EDT Martin Preisler wrote: > > > > This has been bugging me for a while. The default install location of > > > SSG> > datastream is:> > > > > > > /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-$PRODUCT-ds.xml> > > > This is > > > ridiculous! Why was this super long and complex path chosen? I> > can't> > > > > find this mandated by any standard, it seems to be our own invention. > > > [1]> > > > Why not just> > /usr/share/scap/ssg ? > > > > Doesn't the Linux FHS say xml data files belong in /usr/share/xml? Then> > > > presumably you want to differentiate with a directory under that. > > That's an optional directive and nobody follows it. Check out: > > find /usr/share -name \*.xml > > Differentiating files based on their format is not very useful. It makes > more sense to differentiate based on their purpose. That's probably why > almost nobody follows the XML rule in FHS. > > > +1 to moving to something more sane. It looks like we're really the only > provider of SCAP content -- other tools embed natively into their product, > vs laying out on the filesystem (e.g. tripwire, BigFix, Nessus, etc). > > /usr/share/scap is appealing. > > _______________________________________________ > scap-security-guide mailing list -- scap-security-guide@lists. > fedorahosted.org > To unsubscribe send an email to scap-security-guide-leave@ > lists.fedorahosted.org > > -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 x788 -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information --
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