From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jun 2 9:30:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69B5737B404 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:30:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id JAA10934; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:30:51 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda10932; Sun Jun 2 09:30:37 2002 Received: from cwsys.cwsent.com (cwsys2 [10.1.2.1]) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g52GUUEb029727; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:30:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsent.com) Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g52GUTr1050616; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:30:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsys.cwsent.com) Message-Id: <200206021630.g52GUTr1050616@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com To: Terry Lambert Cc: Daniel Blankensteiner , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD daemon configurations redesign In-Reply-To: Message from Terry Lambert of "Fri, 31 May 2002 13:55:30 PDT." <3CF7E342.C351A12E@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 09:30:29 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3CF7E342.C351A12E@mindspring.com>, Terry Lambert writes: > Daniel Blankensteiner wrote: > > From: "Terry Lambert" > > To: "Daniel Blankensteiner" > > > I also think it's bad to put things under /etc, since I think > > > /etc should be read-only. I think that eventually, we will > > > see all such things live under /var. > > > > I am only talk about config files, the binaries and log should not be in > > here. > > I'm also taling about config files. > > Seperate config files is a bad idea. We tolerate it now because > a lot of things wouldn't fit into rc.conf (like the sendmail > configuration data). For things that can, they should. Your > examples were all things that can. I don't understand the > benefit of breaking them up, except to have more files to worry > about, and more things that need to be writeable (or symlinked > and moved, when / isn't writeable). IBM's ODM gives you the best of both worlds, a centrally managed database which generates our beloved files. The AIX team here has yet to see it break but they shudder to think what they'd do if it did. Ideally what I would like to see is a port of Tivoli to FreeBSD. -- Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message