Elvin Murkle wrote:
> I guess but it would be
> really nice if I could create a series of admisns who are
> able to create users do admin stuff *without* being root ...
> even for an instant

On the roadmap already.
> I've been using it since 0.90 and now at 1.0 with kernel 2.4
> I have to say that XFS absolutely is a fantastic FS ...
Also on the roadmap, although not on the immediate horizon.
> Xinetd is a simply much better implementation of inetd.
We agree, which is why we used it in version 4.1 and later. (We almost used it for version 4.0, but tried rlinetd instead - still getter than inetd.)
> The djbtools like qmail, djbdns, daemontools (which restarts
> server apps when they fail) There may be some redistribution
> weirdness there but generally djb tools (including djbdns)
> simply will **ROCK** your world ..
Um, we already use qmail and daemontools. djbdns is on the roadmap.
> OpenSSH and pervasive crypto out of the box would help in
> this regard too ...
Um, perhaps you haven't installed our software - we ship with openssh installed.
> ... or at least discuss some of these points at a dev meetng.
We already did

Thanks for your interest and encouragement.
Regards
Charlie