From owner-freebsd-config Thu Apr 23 00:53:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24370 for freebsd-config-outgoing; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 00:53:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall.ftf.dk (root@mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24312 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 00:53:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.2]) by firewall.ftf.dk (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA15352; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:50:00 +0200 Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id KAA28409; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:12:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id JAA07301; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:51:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980423095159.61106@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:51:59 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: allen campbell , config@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Config Databases References: <199804230630.AAA15142@const.> <28583.893317661@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <28583.893317661@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 12:47:41AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386 Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > > > Now what? What is the portal file system supposed to do with this? > > Silently refuse the operation. Bob would be able to save the > passwd file, but when he looked at it again he'd see it was as > if he'd never touched it. Maybe bounce a message to the console ? Or a "configfs.log"... > Confusing? Sure, at least until people get the idea, but I think it's > the only paradigm which makes sense. Your /etc is made of rubber - > you hit it in the wrong place and it simply bounces back like nothing > ever happened. :) ... at least have _something_ else bounce back (call it quantum effect :-) -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- «Pluto placed his bad dog at the entrance of Hades to keep the dead IN and the living OUT! The archetypical corporate firewall?» - S. Kelly Bootle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-config" in the body of the message