From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 15 4:27:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [209.0.55.68]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF704288 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:27:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id A29067558; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:31:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9063E1D8A; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:31:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 04:31:11 -0800 (PST) From: Jamie Bowden To: Juergen Nickelsen Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Approved: yep X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 15 Feb 2000, Juergen Nickelsen wrote: :Having one file per configuration item isn't that bad once you get :used to it. (Setting the default gateway with "echo routername > :/etc/defaultrouter" isn't easily beaten in terms of speed! :-) Set :EDITOR=vi and vipw won't get back to you with nasty surprises. Having started life on SunOS 4, I don't have any real problems with Solaris' configuration style. It hasn't changed since Sun was a bsd 4.2 system with 4.3 enhancements. As for adding a user in Solaris, I've always been partial to vi /etc/passwd ; pwconv. Jamie Bowden -- "Of course, that's sort of like asking how other than Marketing, Microsoft is different from any other software company..." Kenneth G. Cavness To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message