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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2000 01:40:10 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Request for review: nsswitch 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009030138370.20109-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <41094.967914166@critter>

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On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> Since we're on this topic anyway, there is one thing which has always
> bothered me:  Why don't we have the option of a per user alias file
> for hostnames ?

'cause that feature would totally rule and we can't have any ruling as
we're stodgy old BSD.  :)

While it would create a potential for many hair-pulling tech support calls
I'd love to see the feature and a way to allow the admin to enable/disable
it on a per-user or systemwide basis.

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