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Date:      Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:20:06 -0400
From:      Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *** HEADS UP *** rc.conf changes (security)
Message-ID:  <20000728222006.B11880@argon.gryphonsoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000729004143.M45306@ee.follo.net>; from eivind@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 12:41:43AM %2B0200
References:  <20000729004143.M45306@ee.follo.net>

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On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 12:41:43AM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> This means that anybody upgrading /etc/defaults/rc.conf needs to add
> the following lines to rc.conf if they want to have the same setup
> afterwards (unless the variables already are set, of course):
> 
> # Enable network daemons for user convenience.
> inetd_enable="YES"
> portmap_enable="YES"
> sendmail_enable="YES"

Amen!  Thank you.  I tried to get inetd_enable="NO" by default earlier
this month, but it didn't fly.  :-P

-- 
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