From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 28 21:05:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01627 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:05:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from roma.coe.ufrj.br (jonny@roma.coe.ufrj.br [146.164.53.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01615 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 1998 21:05:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonny@jonny.eng.br) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by roma.coe.ufrj.br (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00702; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 01:03:59 -0300 (EST) (envelope-from jonny) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199806290403.BAA00702@roma.coe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration In-Reply-To: <199806290151.LAA05389@cain.gsoft.com.au> from Daniel O'Connor at "Jun 29, 98 11:21:51 am" To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor) Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 01:03:59 -0300 (EST) Cc: jonny@jonny.eng.br, jkh@time.cdrom.com, fullermd@futuresouth.com, pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG #define quoting(Daniel O'Connor) // > // If we're going to do something now, let's stick with 90's techniques // > // at least. :-) // > Could you please elaborate on this ? My preferred technique for // > system configuration is vi. Are there any others ? :))) // I use vi too, but I don't like having to change about 5 files to change my // hostname or IP :) Where do you have to edit other than /etc/rc.local ? If you have a firewall you'll have to edit anyway, or do you trust your firewall to a script ? :) Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis M.Sc. Student jonny@jonny.eng.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message