Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 09:41:15 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: rotel@indigo.ie Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration Message-ID: <199804191641.JAA01796@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Apr 1998 12:02:09 -0000." <199804191102.MAA00294@indigo.ie>
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> On Apr 19, 4:24am, allen campbell wrote: > } Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. > > > > Oh.. and while I'm dreaming, how about using portalfs or similar as > > > > such: mount /etc with portalfs and have a translator present all of > > > > the data from the database in traditional format. > > > > > > This is a *terrifically* cool idea! > > Would this be read-only or read-write? > > Read-write sounds tough. Read/write would involve some rather bizarre semantics, as vetting a file's contents could really only be done at last close, so you'd be hard-pressed to return a helpful error. Still, it'd be doable. -- \\ 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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