From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 4 12:25:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16590 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:25:35 -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 MAA16537; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:25:13 -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 LAA01048; Thu, 4 Jun 1998 11:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806041819.LAA01048@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Nate Williams cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernfs/procfs questions... In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jun 1998 13:10:58 MDT." <199806041910.NAA03447@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 11:19:56 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I agree with Bruce in that programs are generally a better way of > configuring things. It's obvious if you know the system what needs to > be run, and how to get help on it. I should point out that I basically agree with your point here. But my interest is in access methods to be used by these programs, rather than the programs themselves (hence LDAP, sysctl/kernfs, etc). -- \\ 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