| 1 |
This is what Luke at Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:53:42AM +1000 wrote: |
| 2 |
> Youve spent a lot of time thinking about the details of your system, without |
| 3 |
> answering one simple question. |
| 4 |
> |
| 5 |
> Why is this needed? |
| 6 |
|
| 7 |
For one very simple reason. It makes life easier for system administrators, |
| 8 |
users, and maintainers. |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
An example is with Inetd/Xinetd. These two programs have the same function, but |
| 11 |
wildly different configuration file formats. Now how should the telnet daemon |
| 12 |
be installed? Should it give an example of how it should be installed in inetd |
| 13 |
syntax, or xinetd syntax? So if it tells me how to install telnet into inetd, |
| 14 |
but I'm running xinetd, it doesn't help me as much as if it were in xinetd |
| 15 |
syntax. |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
James, |
| 18 |
-- |
| 19 |
James Vandenberg Email: james at vandenberg.dropbear.id.au |
| 20 |
GPG FP= 65AB 179A D884 EDC6 216D FE6A 6833 02BC 4425 4F70 |
| 21 |
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 151135390 |
Archives