Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:06:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <20020420180226.X15997-100000@master.gorean.org> In-Reply-To: <20020420195043.A49256@sheol.localdomain>
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, D J Hawkey Jr wrote:
> > You should only have to do it once. Just do it for everything that
> > you care about.
>
> OK, this is one thing I'm still unclear about. "Do it once" when? After
> a new install, and 'sysinstall' is done with it? Once after an upgrade?
> Once after every upgrade, or just once after a new install?
Only one of those actually qualifies as "once." :)
> How does this differ from current (i.e., 4.5-REL) practice? I'm still
> at a loss as to how what you're prescribing is different from past and
> present practices, given what [little] I've learned about your change
> since my first post.
I think the problem here is that way more heat than light has been
thrown up around this change. My suggestion does not differ from what
people _should_ do after an install (IMO), but the problem is that not
many people ever get (or choose to follow) that advice.
> I honestly didn't notice whether 'inetd' was on or off by default in
> 4.5-REL; I told 'sysinstall' to do no networking at all, preferring to
> set it up manually after the new install.
>
> Is your change going to alter things to the point where I won't "be at
> home" doing this, should I choose to?
Nope. Sounds like you're on the right track.
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