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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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