From owner-freebsd-config Mon Apr 20 00:38:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA26221 for freebsd-config-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:38:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall.ftf.dk (root@mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA26213; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 07:38:31 GMT (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.2]) by firewall.ftf.dk (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00562; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:34:48 +0200 Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id JAA23210; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:57:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id JAA00834; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:37:13 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980420093713.53639@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:37:13 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Cc: config@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (was Discussion : Using DHCP) - Now 'Config Databases' References: <353A87D5.6F4A8737@tdx.co.uk> <199804192354.QAA13393@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199804192354.QAA13393@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jonathan M. Bresler on Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 04:54:36PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386 Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Jonathan M. Bresler writes: > > Ok - granted - Maybe we should be more concerned with 'applications' > > corrupting the database - and if so have a nicer way to correct it (Ok, read > > - 'anyway' to correct it) unlike Windows '95 / NT - in which the registry is > > largely seen as an unindexed black whole... > > more than once i have damaged my computer's configuration > enough that i was unable to complete booting. [...] > any registry or LDAP database or what have you, needs > an ascii "save my ass please" mode. I thought this was where the Nifty Portal Hack came in -- with /etc a portal FS, and where doing "vi /etc/fstab" actually called up the right hooks in the DB, and presented to you an ascii file. (as in: scsi -p -e, f.e.) As for applications ruining the database, Terry did say, "enforce a schema" -- meaning no application should be allowed to submit a flawed change and get away with it -- just like pwd_mkdb. If it's corrupt, it's not validated. > without that its a great leap backward into the abyss ;) Yes, but think of the momentum gained! :-) -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- «Pluto placed his bad dog at the entrance of Hades to keep the dead IN and the living OUT! The archetypical corporate firewall?» - S. Kelly Bootle, ("MYTHOLOGY", in Marutukku distrib) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-config" in the body of the message