RCS & Config files

["Aaron D. Turner" <aturner@best.com>]

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We'll I'm making a decision: critical system config files should be
managed via RCS.  Too many people making too many changes means things
will get broken and we need a way to quickly determine what changed and
who did it so we can ask them why.

Hence, if you come to a config file, before you go editing away, please:

1) Add the following comments to the head of the file:

- --- CUT HERE ---
# NOTE:
# This config file is managed via RCS!  The appropriate method to edit
# this file is to:
# co -l <filename>  # checks out the file for editing
# edit the file
# ci -I -u <filename>  # checks the file back in, and leaves a RO version
                                                                           
# $Id: $
# $Log: $
- --- END CUT ---

2) Create a ./RCS directory in the local path of the file

3) Run  `ci -i -u <filename>`  to initalize the file

If you follow the simple directions in the note above we should have a
nice way of keeping track of things.  Also, if the file needs to be edited
by root, *please* `su R<username>` *not* `su -` so that RCS can properly
keep track of who you are.

Also don't forget to add descriptive notes regarding what you did when you
check in.  Already I have RCS'ed:

/etc/{hosts|hosts.allow|hosts.deny|ssh_config|sshd_config|fstab|sudoers|
	raidtab|resolv.conf}
httpd.conf
linuxkb.org master zone file and named.conf


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