linux registry (no, not that again!)

[Mark Heslep]

Steve Brenneis wrote:

>Someone will eventually have to answer the question of why this is
>better than using LDAP, PAM, and/or kerberos. 
>

Because unlike those examples  the L. Registry (per the sf web page):

"""
IS  designed to be secure and lightweight, to let even early boot-stage 
programs like */sbin/init* to use it, instead of /etc/inittab file.
Is NOT an OS service that can become unavailable and make system 
unusable. It is just a library to access files according to a namespace.
Is NOT an alternative to network information systems like LDAP or NIS. 
These are still required for networked environments.
"""

Mark