Bug 67906

Summary:	config parser in %post section or new %configSystem section
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Bill Peck <bill>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Mike McLean <mikem>
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Version:	7.3	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Description Bill Peck 2002-07-04 02:17:10 UTC

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Description of problem:
Ok.. So this is out there I know..  But I just wanted to kick the idea around.

I have been using kickstart (awesome btw) to install my system exactly how I
want it to be when it reboots.  This means setting up /etc/sendmail.cf
/etc/inittab /etc/aliases /etc/dhcpd etc....

Now I know that these programs use different formats for configuring them but
wouldn't it be utopia if in the future we standardized on a common way to config
programs, be it text, or gconf's registery.

imagine being able to have kickstart config the following:

Package:sendmail
Param:SmartRelay Value:smtp.charter.net
Package:apache
Param:ServerAdmin Value:webmaster

Now that would be incredible!!

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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-02-17 21:20:35 UTC

Would be nice, but not likely to happen without a lot of buy-in from the outside
community to get all of these various projects using similar config files.  Not
really something in the realm of anaconda to solve at least