Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 10:58:07 -0700 From: Chris Tubutis <chris@tci.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Mike Nguyen <mikenguyen@sprintmail.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/nsswitch.conf Message-ID: <36A6192F.7C253E7E@tci.com> References: <XFMail.990120085334.mikenguyen@sprintmail.com> <xzp67a1x4o6.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Mike Nguyen <mikenguyen@sprintmail.com> writes: > > 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. > > When I first started using Solaris, it took me a long time to figure > out the analoguous file for hostname setup was /etc/nodename. It seems > consolidating all that config information in one place, such as > /etc/rc.conf, would be a good thing. I agree; I deal with Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD every day. This may sound pretty Redmondish, but imho the more that things are the same, the better. ct To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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