/etc is supposed to hold static configuration files (on my system, /etc is monitored for unexpected changes as a part of our intrusion-detection routine)
status, cache,... shall be placed in /var (maybe /var/lib even better)
actually /etc/webmin/system-status/ & /etc/webmin/package-updates would be candidate to move
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same for usermin
other dirs:
webmin/virtual-server/links-cache
webmin/virtual-server/procmail
webmin/virtual-server/domains
webmin/virtual-server/everyone
webmin/virtual-server/spam
all these i assume are just caches and interfere a lot with security systems and repositories (eg, etckeeper with git)
Last edit: Luís Pedro Algarvio 2013-05-22
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/etc is supposed to hold static configuration files (on my system, /etc is monitored for unexpected changes as a part of our intrusion-detection routine)
status, cache,... shall be placed in /var (maybe /var/lib even better)
actually /etc/webmin/system-status/ & /etc/webmin/package-updates would be candidate to move