Date: 16 Jul 1999 14:30:52 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc inetd.conf src/usr.sbin/inetd Makefile inetd.c Message-ID: <xzpvhbku683.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of "Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:26:11 -0700" References: <199907150726.AAA00946@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes: > I'd have to say I support Brian's judgement here, although on > reflection I think that leaving the code #idfef'ed out is a bad idea, > as it exposes it to potential unchecked rot. By all means leave the > service disabled in the standard inetd.conf and make it possible to > elide it (along with the other internal services) if required. Yet another argument for divorcing internal service names from port names. # Backwards-compatible entry (fake identd) ident stream tcp nowait root internal # New-style fake identd ident stream tcp nowait root internal fakeident # New-style real identd ident stream tcp nowait root internal ident and of course, 'ident' can be replaced with 'auth' or 'tap' in any of the above examples without functional change. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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