Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:34:53 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. Message-ID: <199804170534.WAA00450@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Apr 1998 18:50:55 PDT." <199804170150.SAA03474@bubba.whistle.com>
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> > 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
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