[TriLUG] icmp as non-root (on Mandrake)

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:52:25 -0400, Joseph Tate <dragonstrider at gmail.com> wrote:
> It would only be in danger of being clobbered in an upgrade if the
> files were not marked as config files in the RPM.  I've had
> squirrellmail and mailman configs wiped out this way.  The bugs were
> fixed in the next version as much bugzilla energy was spent on the
> defects.
> 
> Perhaps that they are config files may be a subject for presidential
> debates (wouldn't that be great?  Kerry and Bush discussing the
> package management decisions of major Linux distributors?).  However
> it would not be a difficult thing to ascertain if one had a Mandrake
> system handy.  This one does not.

They are not config files, they are defaults files and as such not
marked as config files.
That's exactly why I suggested not changing them and changing the files
that *are* config files instead.

Cheers,
Tanner