Re: Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Ries van Twisk
Hai, I go for the debian way to. Something complete diferrent, but Windows has centralized settings (user.dat/system.dat) you cannot simple copy a program to a other system without knowing the complete settings in the resource files. When I program software (I'm a Win32 programmer that maintains

Re: Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 03:51:08PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > The man files for adding anything to the startup are really awful if you are > new to Linux. Is there a way for me have fetchamail start every time the > machine boots? .fetchmailrc is set to run in daemon mode but just getting >

Re: Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "Debian" == Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [central vs. spreaded config files] Debian> Is this a design intention, is this a goal ? Yes. And it is an advantage. It is easier to handle, less error prone, and it allows for network distribution. If your central file defines the n

Re: Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Patrick Kirk
The man files for adding anything to the startup are really awful if you are new to Linux. Is there a way for me have fetchamail start every time the machine boots? .fetchmailrc is set to run in daemon mode but just getting the thing to start if somehow the machine needs to be rebooted without

Re: Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 15 Jul, Debian Developer wrote about "Centralized script ..." > I am beginning to realize that one of the biggest difference (drawback) of > Debian versus Caldera or SuSE is the abscence of a centralized file (i.e. > /etc/rc.config like in SuSE) to hold a bunch of environ

Re: Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi folks, On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 10:13:01AM -0500, Debian Developer wrote: > I am beginning to realize that one of the biggest difference (drawback) of > Debian versus Caldera or SuSE is the abscence of a centralized file (i.e. > /etc/rc.config like in SuSE) to hold a bunch of environment variabl

Centralized script ...

1999-07-15 Thread Debian Developer
I am beginning to realize that one of the biggest difference (drawback) of Debian versus Caldera or SuSE is the abscence of a centralized file (i.e. /etc/rc.config like in SuSE) to hold a bunch of environment variables that define the behavior of the scripts in /etc/rc*.d Is this a design intentio