Garrett D'Amore writes: > Vasumathi Sundaram wrote: > > Yes, it is a hack and it can be easily handled as private properties. > > Other operating systems support this in a more obvious way and we > > thought we could provide it in Solaris too. I have no inclination > > towards one or the other. > > I prefer private properties. IMO, no end user should ever be tweaking > these, unless there is a bug in the system.
Strongly agreed. Private properties _allow_ users to hack away at the internal system design if they want, while keeping these artifacts out of the way of normal administrators who shouldn't be doing that. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
