Re: Question about Facility names

[Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>]

Chmouel Boudjnah writes:
> "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:
> 
> > My big complaint with the Ssytem V scheme is that using numbers is
> > simply *stupid*.  What does it mean to start a script after S50?  I have
> > no idea, it depends on the distribution.  If only the distributions
> > provide init scripts, you can say sure, use chkconfig(8) (although
> > that's not standard across all distributions, and doesn't work all that
> > well in my experience).  But if a sysadmin wants to add his/her own init
> > script, it's not at all obvious where to add it, without having to trace
> > through all of the various init levels.  Trying to figure out what the
> > heck is going on is not at *all* obvious.
> 
> i must say it's only a matter of the tools how to present the
> information or how to help the sysadmin.

No! We don't want to require special tools to administer the system.
It's OK to provide a tool for the newbie, but the underlying system
should still be the Unix philosophy. And that means no inscrutable
files (and I consider the existing SysV/chkconfig system inscrutable,
or at least translucent bordering on opaque).

The system should be easy to administer using vi/emacs.

[Still remembering the horror of SMIT on AIX]

				Regards,

					Richard....
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