[sysadmin-discuss trimmed from Cc: list.] Kacheong> So an admin decides to use the CLI to rename a name. Will there be Kacheong> some form of notification? If not, NWAM will not know about this Kacheong> name change and funny thing can happen in the mean time.
Cathy> So far we don't plan to have any notification mechanism - network Cathy> vanity naming component will only update link configuration (th dladm Cathy> configuration) accordingly based on the rename operation, and we think Cathy> a broader framework is needed to address configuration changes at all Cathy> other levels of the networking stack. Peter> Somewhat ironically, it seems like NWAM could be that "broader Peter> framework" -- but that's up to them :-) So if we build it, will you come? I.e., if NWAM provides such a framework, will the Clearview Vanity Names project team work with us to take advantage of it? -- John http://blogs.sun.com/jbeck _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
