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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 13:32:31 -0300
From: Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar>
To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>,
	Richard Stanaford <richard@nebula-bsd.dyndns.org>,
	"Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@watson.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf
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En un mensaje anterior, Sheldon Hearn escribió:
> 
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:51:28 -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> 
> > I recently changed sysinstall (should be in 4.4-RELEASE when that comes
> > out) to first ask whether the user wants to run inetd, and then if they
> > say yes, asks if they'd like to edit inetd.conf.  Inetd.conf is now
> > defaulted so that all services are disabled.
> 
> The only problem with this is that it raises the bar for installation.
> Now, people need to know how to drive a (possibly) unfamiliar text
> editor to turn stuff on.

Maybe nano (the pico clone) could be used for that. It is really
straight forward to use. I haven't found a user that can't deal with
it. And is pretty small.


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