Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 14:24:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: allen@xmission.xmission.com, campbell@xmission.xmission.com (Chris Campbell), <allenc@verinet.com>, config@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Config Databases Message-ID: <199804232024.OAA18834@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <28583.893317661@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Apr 23, 98 00:47:41 am
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Allen Campbell asked:
> > Now our portal process is expected to parse the buffer and put the
> > result in our configuration database. Fortunately, the portal
> > process in question was implemented very well and the login shell
> > omission is noticed.
> >
> > Now what? What is the portal file system supposed to do with this?
Jordan K. Hubbard replied:
> 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.
Keep in mind that the configfs can return whatever error necessary;
the man page reflects the implementation, not vice versa. We could
even add new ones if needed. Some that also make sense to use include:
EINVAL
EROFS
EDOM
ERANGE
ENAMETOOLONG
ENOLCK
EAUTH
ENEEDAUTH
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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