Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:37:13 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: config@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (was Discussion : Using DHCP) - Now 'Config Databases' Message-ID: <19980420093713.53639@deepo.prosa.dk> In-Reply-To: <199804192354.QAA13393@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jonathan M. Bresler on Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 04:54:36PM -0700 References: <353A87D5.6F4A8737@tdx.co.uk> <199804192354.QAA13393@hub.freebsd.org>
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Jonathan M. Bresler writes:
> > Ok - granted - Maybe we should be more concerned with 'applications'
> > corrupting the database - and if so have a nicer way to correct it (Ok, read
> > - 'anyway' to correct it) unlike Windows '95 / NT - in which the registry is
> > largely seen as an unindexed black whole...
>
> more than once i have damaged my computer's configuration
> enough that i was unable to complete booting.
[...]
> any registry or LDAP database or what have you, needs
> an ascii "save my ass please" mode.
I thought this was where the Nifty Portal Hack came in -- with
/etc a portal FS, and where doing "vi /etc/fstab" actually called up the
right hooks in the DB, and presented to you an ascii file.
(as in: scsi -p -e, f.e.)
As for applications ruining the database, Terry did say,
"enforce a schema" -- meaning no application should be allowed
to submit a flawed change and get away with it -- just like
pwd_mkdb. If it's corrupt, it's not validated.
> without that its a great leap backward into the abyss ;)
Yes, but think of the momentum gained! :-)
--
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