From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 24 17:14:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA04954 for current-outgoing; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 17:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (skynet.ctr.columbia.edu [128.59.64.70]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA04943 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 17:14:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA23879; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:14:17 -0400 From: Bill Paul Message-Id: <199610250014.UAA23879@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: /etc/rc* stuff To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:14:15 -0400 (EDT) Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199610242315.BAA04473@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Oct 25, 96 01:15:18 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, J Wunsch had to walk into mine and say: > As Bill Paul wrote: > > > - Even though we have rpc.lockd and rpc.statd in the tree now, there > > are no knobs for it in /etc/sysconfig or /etc/rc. Shouldn't we be > > be starting them if NFS is turned on? > > You mean, ``just to confuse the people''? :) > > Remember, they are no-ops still. No, they aren't. rpc.statd is fully functional. rpc.lockd is halfway functional. In either case, it doesn't hurt to have them on. Besides: what motivation will people have to work on them if we just let them sit there? -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." =============================================================================