Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:01:55 +0300 From: Nikolay Pavlov <quetzal@zone3000.net> To: David Naylor <blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Information handling Message-ID: <20070616150155.GA73039@zone3000.net> In-Reply-To: <200706161422.56694.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> References: <200706161422.56694.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za>
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On Saturday, 16 June 2007 at 14:22:50 +0200, David Naylor wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was any tool available in freebsd for handling > information, specifically configuration files, package information and such. > I know all information is available via text files however in order to access > the information the program might have to hard code the retreval system (not > being able to use a shared library). > > So: > 1) What tools are there for accessing information (i.e. libraries)? > 2) If so is there any unification of the interface? > 3) If no to any of the above, is there a need for such tools and should it be > a unified interface (not just specific subsets)? > > David Hi David. If you want to automate your administrative task your might want to look at puppet or cfengine. -- ====================================================================== - Best regards, Nikolay Pavlov. <<<----------------------------------- ======================================================================
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