On Sat, 2002-02-02 at 14:50, Pete French wrote: > > AFAIK, Netinfo on Mac OS X is implemented deep. That is, it overrules > > standard libc behaviour (like the resolver, fstab and other things), Yes > > it's userspace jim, but not as we know it :) > > This was certainly true on NeXT's - you needed special versions of most > programs (e.g. sendmail, bind, login etc...) that were netinfo aware too. > If its going to be done it needs doing very thoroughly and carefully as > it replaces more of the /etc files with netinfo equivalents. On the other > doesnt YP do somethign similar ? (I've never had to use YP, thought I have > been on the receiving end of some of the consequences).
And I, somehow, had failed to notice that there's no NSS on FreeBSD. *smacks self on head* Not quite so simple after all, I guess.... -- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] [EMAIL PROTECTED] system administrator [WAY too many hats] [EMAIL PROTECTED] electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university ["better check the oblivious first" -ke6sls] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
