From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 16 22:37:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24804 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:37:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles247.castles.com [208.214.165.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA24782 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 05:37:36 GMT (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00450; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804170534.WAA00450@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Archie Cobbs cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:50:55 PDT." <199804170150.SAA03474@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:34:53 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > The way UNIX piles random configuration information all into /etc > has always bugged the crap out of me. Ideally, /etc should go away > because nothing should be "miscellaneous".. it should all be organized. ... in a database. Go visit Terry's cube tomorrow. Say "LDAP?" and wait for the lecture. > Hmm.. what if we created the /var/conf hierarchy... Actually, what I want is a stub version of the LDAP client library that can be linked into a few of the items that run early on (init, mount, fsck, dhclient, etc), before the network is up. Once the net is up, everything parametric ought to be indirected through a generic "get me a parameter" API. Dammit, if Apollo managed to do this fifteen years ago, I can't see why we can't do it now. > Would the forces of interia ever allow it? A new banner: "/etc must die!". -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message