From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 4 12:51:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA29504 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:51:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from shell.monmouth.com (pechter@shell.monmouth.com [205.164.220.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA29499 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:50:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from pechter@localhost) by shell.monmouth.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA21666; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:46:47 -0500 From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter Message-Id: <199604042046.PAA21666@shell.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: what is bsdish? To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:46:46 -0500 (EST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199604041924.MAA22248@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 4, 96 12:24:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > Well, the Aeleen Frish's "Essential System Administration" uses > > > the presence or absence of /etc/inittab to classify machines. It's > > > pretty goot all in all. > > [ ... ] > > > Yup. Inittab is about the equivalent for checking the gender of a > > Unix what genitals are to humans. > > No. that's "ps". > > Inittab is hair color, since it's a good idea, and good ideas shouldn't > be killed because they have ugly parents. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org OK 8-) But let us not revisit the multiple run state argument again since I just had the scorch marks on my butt heal. (Still hoping for the SVR3.2/SVR4 init and startup scripts to make it to BSD (and even AIX at work)... Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | The postmaster always pings twice. Lakewood MicroSystems | 17 Meredith Drive, 908-389-3592 | Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 pechter@shell.monmouth.com |