Description of problem: Dracut may be the source of the deprecated /etc/modprobe.conf file. In my fedora 14 testing, I found an /etc/modprobe.conf file was created by something (no idea what for sure). I used a big hammer and did a grep -r on the whole partition for modprobe.conf, and while I found a lot of references to it, I found the script named: /usr/share/dracut/modules.d/90kernel-modules/install appears to create it: [ -f /etc/modprobe.conf ] && dracut_install /etc/modprobe.conf Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dracut-006-2.fc14.noarch How reproducible: I only installed f14 once, so I couldn't say for sure. Steps to Reproduce: 1.install f14 alpha 2.get updates regularly 3.notice at some point /etc/modprobe.conf is created Actual results: /etc/modprobe.conf Expected results: No /etc/modprobe.conf Additional info: Also see thread on fedora test list: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-September/093856.html The file is public write, so that is a security problem as well.
I thunk dracut_install just installs to the initramfs image? I.e. the above fragment says "if there's an /etc/modprobe.conf put it in the initramfs".
Yea, the sense of that test is different than I thought now that I look at it. It is also possible that something created it earlier which has since been updated out of existence. My initial install was with the f14 alpha dvd.
(In reply to comment #1) > I thunk dracut_install just installs to the initramfs image? I.e. the above > fragment says "if there's an /etc/modprobe.conf put it in the initramfs". right