Re: 'sudoers' vs. 'hosts-file'

[Alex Kost]

Daniel Pimentel (2015-06-15 01:52 +0300) wrote:

> On 2015-06-14 09:47, Alex Kost wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Since there is no real difference between 'sudoers' and 'hosts-file'
>> fields (of operating-system declaration), what about renaming one of
>> them?  So it could be either:
>>
>>   'sudoers-file' and 'hosts-file'
>>
>> or
>>
>>   'sudoers' and 'hosts'
>>
>> (I prefer the latter variant)
>
> Host file is trust relationship (for example host, IP). The sudoers is
> user/group that can use binary command as root (for example ifconfig, dd
> and other).

I didn't meant that those files are the same, I wanted to say that
'sudoers' and 'hosts-file' fields of 'operating-system' record should be
named in the same manner as they are both file-like objects.  Sorry for
the confusion.

-- 
Alex