Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:26:24 +0100 From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration Message-ID: <E0yow7c-0003A3-00@oak67.doc.ic.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> "Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration" (Jun 23, 9:48pm)
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On Jun 23, 9:48pm, "Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: } Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration > > So, the first step is to write scripts/programs to create/edit the > > various config files: pppconfig, maybe some nice wrappers around pw, > > syslogconf, even a profileconf and cshconf, heck, let's complicate things > > more and make a rc.confconf. Just find every config file that people > > Eeek. I think this might have been a transitional approach of value > some 4-5 years ago, but nowadays we have namespace pollution and the > fact that front-ending things in this fashion is something which > proved its limitations and went out of fashion almost a decade ago. > If we're going to do something now, let's stick with 90's techniques > at least. :-) What do you mean Jordan? A windows style registry? LDAP? Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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