Something always changes fstab

[Ian Malone]

John Summerfied wrote:
> Ian Malone wrote:
> 
>> Joel Rees wrote:
> 
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> 
>> </deviceinfo>
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>> In a file in the /usr/share/hal/fdi/95userpolicy/ directory
> 
> 
> While an answer that says, "Change file /usr/<something>." might work, 
> it's wrong/
> 
> Configuration files are in /etc, and any file in /usr will be replaced 
> when the package is updated.
> 
> Even worse, /usr is often shared between systems, and what's right for 
> one may be wrong for another.
> 

This has been mentioned before, it's a design flaw in HAL (this file
is meant to not be overwritten by updates; as you say it's in the wrong
place).  From man ftsab-sync (with some reformatting):

By  default, the /usr/share/hal/fdi/90defaultpolicy/storage-policy.fdi
file specifies the policy - this file should never be  edited  by  the
system  administrator  as  it  might  get updated by the OS vendor for
security updates. Instead, system- or site-specific rules can  be  put
in the /usr/share/hal/fdi/95userpolicy directory.

Their design, not mine.

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imalone