Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:50:21 -0800 (PST) From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail' command is used. Message-ID: <200402021850.i12IoL6g018174@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/62230; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: JJB <Barbish3@adelphia.net> Cc: bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail' command is used. Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:48:25 +0000 On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 12:39:08PM -0500, JJB wrote: > I disagree with you on this. > > Log-in-vain purpose in life is to interrogate attempts from > the external interface, not the localhost internal functions, > which this clearly is what is happening. That's simply not true. $ grep vain /etc/defaults/rc.conf log_in_vain="0" # >=1 to log connects to ports w/o listeners. > If you think this is such an trivial annoyance bug that it's > does not warrant attention, then just come out and say so, > and not beat around the bush with work around solutions in an > poor effort to conceal your reluctance to perform system > maintenance activities. It's not that I don't think it's a bug that warrants attention; I don't think it's a bug at all. Thanks also for your diatribe. I don't agree with any of that either. Ceri --
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