From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 17 12:13:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05007 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:13:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA04965 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 19:13:20 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00403; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:07:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804171907.MAA00403@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Chris Shenton cc: Mike Smith , Archie Cobbs , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Discussion : Using DHCP to obtain configuration. In-reply-to: Your message of "17 Apr 1998 15:04:31 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:07:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Mike Smith 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