From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 13 12:40:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA26463 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:40:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA26447 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:40:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00458; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:36:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199808131936.MAA00458@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Stephane Legrand cc: Peter van Heusden , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving ahead with LDAP In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Aug 1998 23:01:35 +0200." <199808122101.XAA00420@sequoia.lituus.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:36:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message