>Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 17:54:17 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
>From: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
>[...]
>Perhaps the question should be rephrased as, "do we *need* the ability for
>init to have external auth methods, and so forth?"  If not, then init can
>stay static without pain.

That seems like an intelligent question to ask.  Is there any reason
not to ask the same question about every program in /bin and /sbin,
instead of just init?  

Cheers,
entropy

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