[nas] 2 possible patches for the 1.9.1 version

[Paul Fox]

 > 
 >    Ok, the current plan then for 1.9.1 is:
 > 
 >    - Make MixerInit = no the default.
 > 
 >    - use /var/run/ for linux only.  The issue Ray brings up will also
 >      be a problem for linux users that start NAS as non-root in that
 >      /var/run is not user-writable on Linux either.  The workaround
 >      would be to start nas with '-pn' (partial network).  This would
 >      work for Solaris too, and may be what we do in the future, but I
 >      do not want to incorporate a 'large impact' fix like this into
 >      1.9.1.
 > 
 >    What say ye?

that all sounds fine.

paul
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