From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 18 07:19:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA16015 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 07:19:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from att.com (kcgw2.att.com [192.128.133.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA15956 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 07:19:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sbabkin@dcn.att.com) From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com Received: by kcgw2.att.com; Mon May 18 09:00 CDT 1998 Received: from dcn71.dcn.att.com ([135.44.192.112]) by kcig2.att.att.com (AT&T/GW-1.0) with ESMTP id JAA20890 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 09:19:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: by dcn71.dcn.att.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Mon, 18 May 1998 10:19:07 -0400 Message-ID: To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, danj@3skel.com Subject: RE: system config database... Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 10:19:06 -0400 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > ---------- > From: Dan Janowski[SMTP:danj@3skel.com] > > I do not want to get rid of any of the 'standard' > /etc files. This would seem to create additional > confusion for immigrants and the like. > Right! > I am thinking of a default config and a site config > (possibly multiple site configs, good for porto users). > The defaults will be used when site configs are > not specified. > > Should there be a /config, or a /etc/config? > (me, /config) > > Should I look at adding a statically linked > compiled program for boot time generation of > /etc files or strictly a shell? > (me, non-shell) > A pseudo-filesystem like /proc would seem to be the best solution for me. For prototype, I think there is no difference. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message