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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: what is bsdish?
To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com (Bill/Carolyn Pechter)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 12:24:46 -0700 (MST)
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> > 	Well, the Aeleen Frish's "Essential System Administration" uses 
> > the presence or absence of /etc/inittab to classify machines.  It's 
> > pretty goot all in all. 

[ ... ]

> Yup.  Inittab is about the equivalent for checking the gender of a
> Unix what genitals are to humans. 

No. that's "ps".

Inittab is hair color, since it's a good idea, and good ideas shouldn't
be killed because they have ugly parents.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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