UNIX registry editing

[Massive Attack]

hi guys can someone give me the basics on editing the registry in unix i need it for a job interview next week


cheers

 

[Cuchulain]

Does unix have a registry, I thought everything was written to config files.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

Unix doesn't have a registry. Sounds like they either don't know what they are talking about, or it's a trick question. (Probably the latter)

 

[thecaptain]

i may be very wrong here, and im sure someone with more knowledge than me will be along shortly, but i thought linux (/ unix?) doesnt have a registry?

a quick google gave me this: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/53239-linux-registry.html

so i may be right

 

[GarethDW]

Yep, there is no such thing as the "registry" in *nix. However, that's a great interview question... I'd love to see some candidates that have tried to blag their way through an interview coming up with some answer as to how they'd edit the registry on a unix box

There could well be some application that writes its config to a database, which is all the Windows registry is really. But the OS doesn't use that, unlike on a Windows machine.

 

[GarethDW]

a quick google gave me this: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/53239-linux-registry.html

Hahaha, that's a good link.... I liked the person asking about how his box knows that Acrobat is installed if there is no registry entry