From owner-freebsd-arch Fri Sep 1 11:35:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from peach.ocn.ne.jp (peach.ocn.ne.jp [210.145.254.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9700937B424 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 11:35:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from newsguy.com (p30-dn02kiryunisiki.gunma.ocn.ne.jp [211.0.245.95]) by peach.ocn.ne.jp (8.9.1a/OCN/) with ESMTP id DAA08869; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 03:35:06 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <39AFF4F3.FFAB9A2D@newsguy.com> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 03:26:59 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en,pt-BR MIME-Version: 1.0 To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: n@nectar.com Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch References: <20000830071347.A1167@hamlet.nectar.com> <20000830132053.A15387@hamlet.nectar.com> <39AE970A.30208A56@newsguy.com> <20000831130504.A26641@hamlet.nectar.com> <200009010047.RAA43862@vashon.polstra.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Polstra wrote: > > In article <20000831130504.A26641@hamlet.nectar.com>, > Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > > > > The defaults for nsswitch.conf will not change, ever. They have been > > chosen to emulate the traditional behavior. > > I have to agree with Daniel here. The whole point of nsswitch.conf is > so you can customize it, right? Otherwise why bother with it? We are > moving toward using immutable default versions in /etc/defaults with > customizable overrides in /etc. That has made dealing with rc.conf > and make.conf much, much easier. I think the ultimate goal should be > that the admin can customize his /etc directory without the need to do > _any_ merging. That means the defaults and the overrides have to be > separated. You misunderstand him. He says nsswitch does not require a defaults file because the defaults are hard-coded, and won't ever change. In other words, /etc/nsswitch.conf is optional and no default file is installed. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@white.bunnies.bsdconspiracy.net OK, so the solar flares are my fault.. I am sorry, ok?!?! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message