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From: "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
To: "Massimiliano Stucchi" <stucchi@willystudios.com>,
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That may be the normal behavior, but it's wrong.

Why run the inetd daemon consuming resources when all the
optional servers  it can launch are commented out in inetd.conf?

If not selected in sysinstall inetd should not start.

The statement in /etc/defaults/rc.conf should be changed to
enable="NO"
Then it would be correct.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
Massimiliano Stucchi
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:32 PM
To: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: why does inetd default to enable

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:57:12 -0500
"fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> The 4.9 /etc/defaults/rc.conf file has inetd_enable="YES"
>
> Why is that?

That's normal behaviour. Inetd is active, but nothing is enabled by
default.

> During the sysinstall I answered NO to inetd question.

You answered no to a question asking you if you wanted to customize
inetd's behaviour, not if ou wanted to enable it.

> Is this not an error?

nope.

Cheers
--

Stucchi Massimiliano     | Gruppo Utenti FreeBSD Italia
WillyStudios.com         | http://www.gufi.org
stucchi@willystudios.com | max@gufi.org
"People who make no mistakes do not usually make anything"