From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 17 12:06:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA03497 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:06:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratia.it.hq.nasa.gov (gratia.it.hq.nasa.gov [131.182.119.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA03484 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:06:13 GMT (envelope-from cshenton@gratia.it.hq.nasa.gov) Received: from wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov (WireHead.it.hq.nasa.gov [131.182.119.88]) by gratia.it.hq.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA20223; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:57:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from cshenton@localhost) by wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA16328; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 15:04:32 -0400 (EDT) To: Mike Smith Cc: Archie Cobbs , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. References: <199804170534.WAA00450@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Emacs: Emacs 20.2, MULE 3.0 (MOMIJINOGA) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.2.0 - "Nishiizumi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Chris Shenton Date: 17 Apr 1998 15:04:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:34:53 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 15 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith writes: > > 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. No, not just any database -- a "registry"! :-) (shudder, cringe, vomit) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message