In a message dated: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:02:43 EST
Benjamin Scott said:
> Yah, me too. But there are times where I want to be anal retentive, and
>there are times where I just need to get the fsck'ing thing running ASAP (or I
>just don't care). For the latter, rc.local is a quick, easy fix. Is it a
>kludge? Most definitely! :-)
Keep in mind, when I say things like that, I'm speaking from an idealitic POV;
giving what I consider to be the best, most ideal solution for the *long term*
in a large scale environment. Because of the nature of sysadmin, I'm
constantly thinking of "The Big Truck Theory", which poses the question:
If Paul (or Derek:) gets hit by a big truck and can no longer
run this environment, what happens to said environment?
The answer is to build the environment in the most robust, common-sense,
easy-to-manage manner possible. This also includes (gasp) documentation.
So, while I state that things like rc.local are a major kludge, I'm stating
that from a professional POV. From a personal POV wrt what my systems at home
are like, I also agree that these types of things are quite a convenience.
What I do at home is often far different from what I do at work. Partly
because 1) I'm the only one that's ever going to do anything on my home
network, and 2) because I'm lazy :)
But also keep in mind, there are a lot of new users here, and IMO, it's better
to espouse the ideals rather than the realities (occasionally) :)
>> But what do they do? In the interests of trying to please everyone, they
>> re-introduce the concept of monolithicism to a modular environment!
>
> Ain't no one forcing you to use rc.local, Paul. :-)
<sarcasm>
That's not true! RH bundles it with their OS, therefore I must be forced to
use it. I've heard that the DOJ will soon be filing anti-trust suits against
them for this practice ;)
</sarcasm>
--
Seeya,
Paul
----
Doing something stupid always costs less (up front) than doing
something intelligent.
Bean counters are *always* wrong!
A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
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