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Date:      Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:36:35 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Stephane Legrand <stephane@lituus.fr>
Cc:        Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Moving ahead with LDAP 
Message-ID:  <199808131936.MAA00458@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Aug 1998 23:01:35 %2B0200." <199808122101.XAA00420@sequoia.lituus.fr> 

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> Just my 2 eurocents but does a software like "cfengine"
> (/usr/ports/sysutils/cfengine) could be more adapted than something
> like LDAP ?

cfengine is a distribution tool.  LDAP is a networked parameter store.

The two are very different animals.  cfengine is a complete and working
"I want it now" solution.  LDAP is a ways off yet, but is also the
general direction that much of the rest of the industry is trying to go
in.

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\\  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



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