> >> 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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