[CentOS] Two ftp clients? Why?
Jim Perrin
jperrin at gmail.comTue Aug 2 20:13:47 UTC 2011
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:41 PM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca>wrote: > > My question is why? Why are there two ftp clients provided in a > single distribution and why is the kerberos version effectively made > the default whereas one might reasonably assume that anything in > /usr/bin/ is the standard ( and by inference default ) ftp client > for the distribution? If kerberos ftp is intended to be the default > ftp client then why is it not in, or at least linked to from, > /usr/bin? > > If you look in /etc/profile.d/ you'll see the krb5-workstation.sh script. It tests the path to see if kerberos is in it, and if not, it prepends the path. This is why it is the first ftp used/found. As to why, dunno. Ask rh. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110802/1626903c/attachment-0001.html>
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