[PATCH] "Include" option for ssh configs

Rob Banz rob at nofocus.org
Wed Mar 25 05:09:42 EST 2009


>
> It's nowhere near one.
>
> Solaris traditionally uses /export/home for local home directories,  
> and
> /home is an NFS mount point. IRIX traditionally uses /usr/people for
> home directories. Please don't make Linux-centric assumptions about
> people's filesystem layouts in a portable remote shell program.
>

Agree; it should use what it gets from getpw* or nothing at all.  
Having it try to "guess" the person's home directory is just a $PATH  
to FAIL; heck, I've never used /export/home as a home directory on  
Solaris ;)

-rob


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