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> >>      foo_enable="NO"
> > ipfilter_enable="YES"
> > firewall_enable="NO"
>         natd_enable="NO"
>         natd_interface="fxp0"
>         inetd_enable="NO"
>         inetd_program="/usr/sbin/inetd"
>         foo_enable="YES/NO"
>         foo_enable="NO"


Who is a GTK hacker?

Does someone want to write a "registry editor" program?

The point of the program would be to edit the "FreeBSD
Registry", rc.conf, and make it look just like the Windows
Registry in the editor, using "_" as the implied path
component/terminal component (key) seperator.

Then we can all be honest with ourselves that the only
difference between it an the Windows Registry is that
the Windows registry is accessible/modifiable from
kernel mode, and the path component and key names.

You can start with:

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\natd

		Name		Data
		-----------	---------------------------------
		enable		NO
		interface	fxp0

My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\inetd

		Name		Data
		-----------	---------------------------------
		enable		NO
		program		/usr/sbin/inetd

etc.

If you want to get ambitious:

o	Make "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" an alias for your node name,
	and include your node name in the list.

o	Call it "localhost", if you are feeling too guilty
	about calling it "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE".

o	Make the tool operate on node names other than
	"localhost", so you can do remote administration
	of configuration files on a cluster of FreeBSD
	boxes

o	Add more subkeys; perhaps it should not be just

		My Computer\localhost\inetd

	but

		My Computer\localhost\rc.conf\inetd

	letting you fold in the other files, like the
	inetd.conf, into "registry handlers", e.g.:

		My Computer\localhost\inetd.conf\telnet

		enable		NO
		sockettype	stream
		protocol	tcp
		wait		NO
		user		root
		program		/usr/libexec/telnetd

	etc..

o	Support sysctls in the HKEY_DYN_DATA and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
	sections (for those that can go into loader.rc).

Sure, people would be annoyed to find out that they had been
moving towards an idea that Microsoft had developed, but
wouldn't this be a fun tweak to people's tails?

8-) 8-) 8-)

-- Terry

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