Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:57:35 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs... Message-ID: <334F86BF.6A48@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> References: <199704111601.JAA25847@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > Warner Losh wrote: > > > > In message <1652.860709359@time.cdrom.com> "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: > > : > how about making these "well known" files such as /etc/resolv.conf, > > : > /etc/host.conf and other stuff symlinks into /var/etc ? This is > > : > > : I'm starting to get a headache. :-) > > > > I hate to say this, but I kinda like this idea. > > > > Does somebody have a cononical list of these files so that some brave > > soles can begin to experiment? > > > > in the spirit of the discussion > > how about creating HERE documents *inside* sysconfig which create > /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/namedb.boot, ...... > > the machine configuration can be duplicated (software side at > least) by xferring that file to another machine. > > the goal is to get everythin that the sysadmin modifies into > one place.....default configuration would DISABLE this > creature feature. lest people hurt themselves each time they boot. > jmb > > partial list: *passwd*, *db, sendamil*, host*, > named.boot namedb*, aliases, XF86Config, > adduser.conf, make.conf, fstab, dm.conf, daily, > weekly, monthly, rc.local, group,......<ack!> O, I again. I think, that /etc/sysconfig can be quite small. Better write some script, such as admintool in SCO
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