Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:48:08 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Troy Settle <rewt@i-Plus.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SQL Interface - very wild idea (WAS: Browser interface) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971002114400.28900D-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199710021253.IAA10563@radford.i-plus.net>
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On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Troy Settle wrote: > Having an extensible SQL/ODBC system would be ideal for both local and > network configuration, user management, etc... The only drawback, would be ... > - a user's database could be used for many things, password files, access > logs (local, radius, etc). This would be especially useful in an ISP or > academic environment. > - a host database could be used for local configuration information > (fstab, host info, dns info, network database info, manpath, checksums, > etc...) > - a network database, consisting of all your hosts' databases and more, > could be used to keep all your network configurations handy and in order Isn't this more or less the sort of thing LDAP is designed to address? -john
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