From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 20 06:54:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA07714 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 06:54:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hschpt06.hou.ucarb.com ([144.68.7.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA07685 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 06:53:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from miker@hschpt06.hou.ucarb.com) Received: (from miker@localhost) by hschpt06.hou.ucarb.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA15473 for current@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:53:34 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mikenguyen@sprintmail.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:53:34 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Nguyen To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /etc/nsswitch.conf Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I noticed that NetBSD is switching over to using /etc/nsswitch.conf (like Slowlaris, PH-UX, etc.). Would it be a good idea to do this for FreeBSD too (when I first started using FreeBSD, it took me a long time to figure out the analogous file for hostname lookups was /etc/host.conf) -- it seems consolidating all that config information would in one place would be a good thing. Mike. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Nguyen - UNIX Sysadmin and Geek Pager (800) SKY-8888 pin# 1138368 or 1138368@skytel.com Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message