Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:26:17 -0400 From: John DeBoskey <jwd@unx.sas.com> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Subject: Re: Request for review: nsswitch Message-ID: <20000830142617.B86368@unx.sas.com> In-Reply-To: <20000830132053.A15387@hamlet.nectar.com>; from n@nectar.com on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 01:20:53PM -0500 References: <20000830071347.A1167@hamlet.nectar.com> <39AD222B.CE9A26B5@newsguy.com> <20000830132053.A15387@hamlet.nectar.com>
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----- Jacques A. Vidrine's Original Message ----- > On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 12:03:07AM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > Being guilty of not having looked at it at all, but this sounds like a > > typical case where we would want a /etc/defaults/nsswitch.conf with > > overrides in /etc/nsswitch.conf...? > > I'm not sure I agree. The types of things that have configuration > exampes in /etc/defaults are quite complicated. nsswitch.conf is simple > and described entirely in the man page. Also, if there is no > /etc/nsswitch.conf, the internal defaults are sane. > > -- > Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org How about a simple compromise? While the internal defaults may be sane, they are `invisible' to the average user. What if we put the defaults into a /etc/defaults/nsswitch.conf file. If they need to be overridden locally, then a /etc/nsswitch.conf file is created and the defaults version is ignored.. ?? -John -- FreeBSD... The choice of those who know how to choose... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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