From bb@suse.com Tue Feb 24 19:41:49 1998 From: bb@suse.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Preserving system changes from YaST Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 20:41:49 +0100 Message-ID: <6cv7pt$ebd$1@Galois.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] Preserving system changes from YaST> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1720837740022354393==" --===============1720837740022354393== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mario Oschwald wrote: >=20 > Bodo Bauer wrote: >=20 > > > > > > YaST won't change any file that has been edited by anyone else. MD5 > > checksums are stored for each config file YaST (or SuSEconfig) modifies, > > and the next tine you run it, it will check if there has been modificatio= ns > > since the last run. If so, you'll get a warning and the 'SuSE-version' > > of the file will be stored in .SuSEconfig. If want SuSEconfig > > not to do this, you can either edit SuSEconfig and comment the > > concernign lines out, or you can set ENABLE_SUSECONFIG (rc.config) to no, > > which means, that SuSEconfig will not be run by YaST. > > > > Permissions will be reset anyway. To switch this off, set > > CHECK_PERMISSIONS to 'no' or 'warn' > > > > >=20 > I=C5=BDm not quite sure if YaST really doesn=C5=BDt change config files = that have been > manually edited. We use NIS for name resolving and user authentization. The= last > line in /etc/passwd has ben set by YaST to "+" but since our NIS-Server uses > different shells I changed this to "+::::::/bin/bash" to get the bash when = loggin > in on the Linux-Box. Unfortunately YaST always changes this back to "+" when > running again and does not recognize my modifications. Ups, may be you are right in this point, I have to ask the YaST team about th= is... Sorry, BB > Another thing about YaST and NIS: even though I set the USE_NIS_FOR_RESOLVI= NG flag > in rc.config to "yes" YaST does not edit host.conf to include the line "ord= er > hosts,nis" as should be expected but leaves it at "order hosts". Thus NIS w= ould not > be used for name-resolving. But then > again at least here it realizes that this was changed manually and just sto= res its > version in > host.conf.SuSEconfig as you described above. =20 > Thanx , Mario Oschwald >=20 > -- > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --=20 Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., LLC fon +1-510-835 7873=20 bb(a)suse.de 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 http://www= .suse.com> Oakland CA, 94610 USA -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============1720837740022354393==--