Re: ncrack config dir patches

["Steve 'Ashcrow' Milner" <smilner () redhat com>]

On 25/09/09 13:58 -0700, Fyodor wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 09:27:12AM -0400, Steve 'Ashcrow' Milner wrote:
> > On 25/09/09 09:13 -0400, Jay Fink wrote:
> > >On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> > >>
> >
> > The confusion may be in that ncrack-services is seen as a
> > configuration file and not a data file. If this is a file that
> > shouldn't be modified then I agree it should be in the systems
> > datadir.
>
> I suppose people could modify it, but that is not recommmended.  If
> they want to use a custom services file, it is usually better for them
> to put it in ~/.ncrack or specify the location with the --datadir
> command-line option or the NCRACKDIR environmental variable.
>
> By the way, my second comment (about /usr/local/share/ncrack vs
> /usr/share/ncrack) refers only to the documentation.  A properly
> installed Ncrack knows where its data files are, but we might want to
> reference both possible locations in the documentation because people
> who install Nmap in different ways may still read the docs online.
>
> Cheers,
> -F

To close out this thread, I've backed out our patches and rebuilt the
package for Fedora. It has been approved. If you are interested in
helping test the package when it hits the testing repositories keep an
eye on the bugzilla ticket.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523199

Thanks everyone!
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