Re: Permissions problems with conserver 8.11

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:51:07PM -0700, Phillip Pacheco wrote:
> I see in the man page of the "console" command that it is necessary to
> define the default server name at compile time.  Is there an alternative
> to this?  I would like to define the server name in a configuration file
> instead.  If this is not possible now, will it be possible in future
> releases.  I ask because my boss has a preference for using pre-compiled
> programs to ensure uniformity.  I suppose that I can create a shell
> alias as a band-aid solution.

the 8.x.x 'console' command can read options from a .consolerc file in
your homedir (or a global console.cf - the 'console -V' output shows the
locations).  in it, you can define things like the master server based
on the host your run the command on.  so, something like

    config unixlab2.genesyslab.com {
	master unixlab2.genesyslab.com;
    }

would do the trick (if your homedir is shared on all the systems).  the
console manpage talks about that configuration option.

Bryan