[geeks] Daily Dose of Unix (AIX)

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Kevin wrote:

> AIX Binary config database?  Is that something like the Win32
> registry (only much more stable hopefully)?

Think of it as more like an audit log with a snapshot of the system's
current configuration.  The system doesn't actually pull the
configuration from there--it uses text files like everywhere else.
However, you can regenerate those text files from the data in the object
database, and you can use it to clone systems (theoretically).

> Will it functionacceptably without this database or is it
> mandatory?

It's not mandatory, but definitely recommended.

> I know Solaris has a "registry",

Only to the extent of keeping the package manager in line.  They just
renamed the package database to the Solaris registry.

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