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

[Alex Kost]

Ludovic Courtès (2015-06-15 00:48 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Since there is no real difference between 'sudoers' and 'hosts-file'
>> fields (of operating-system declaration), what about renaming one of
>> them?
>
> Makes sense.
>
>> So it could be either:
>>
>>   'sudoers-file' and 'hosts-file'
>>
>> or
>>
>>   'sudoers' and 'hosts'
>>
>> (I prefer the latter variant)
>
> I prefer the former because the value is really a file, and not, say, a
> list of user names or a list of host names.
>
> WDYT?

Indeed, thanks for the explanation.  I agree with you.

> Would you like to send a patch?

Yes, the patch is attached.

0001-system-Rename-sudoers-into-sudoers-file.patch
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