Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:07:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. Message-ID: <199804171907.MAA00403@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "17 Apr 1998 15:04:31 EDT." <xoiwwcocls0.fsf@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov>
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> Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes: > > > > The way UNIX piles random configuration information all into /etc > > > has always bugged the crap out of me. Ideally, /etc should go away > > > because nothing should be "miscellaneous".. it should all be organized. > > > > ... in a database. Go visit Terry's cube tomorrow. Say "LDAP?" and > > wait for the lecture. > > No, not just any database -- a "registry"! :-) Yeah, and? Ask anyone that's administered a network of Apollo systems how useful the registry is. > (shudder, cringe, vomit) Isn't it nice to have your ideas judged on the merits of someone else's implementation? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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