From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 14 01:46:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA03357 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 01:46:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from deputy.pavilion.co.uk (deputy.pavilion.co.uk [194.193.24.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA03339 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 01:46:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from poolb05.pavilion.co.uk (poolb05.pavilion.co.uk [194.193.28.69]) by deputy.pavilion.co.uk (8.7/8.7) with SMTP id JAA16156; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 09:45:00 GMT Message-Id: <199602140945.JAA16156@deputy.pavilion.co.uk> X-Sender: aledm@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 09:09:52 +0000 To: Steve Corso , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Aled Morris Subject: Re: More 2.1 Fixit disk PROBLEM (fwd) Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk At 21:06 11/02/96 -0500, Steve Corso wrote: >Ok...Well, I was on the right track. You do need the /etc/services and >/etc/protocols files, but AH!!, you need to put links up to them since >the fixit gets moved to /mnt2. I would prefer it if the versions of Ping, Telnet etc. on the fixit floppy were more robust in the absence of these "informational" files. i.e. if the getservbyname fails, use a hardwired service port. Is there a good reason why the *standard* versions of Ping, Telnet etc. don't do this? Good defaults makes robust software. Aled -- telephone +44 973 207987