Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:13:52 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming rc.conf changes not loading certain currently loaded daemons Message-ID: <20000824101352.A48334@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200008240454.AAA31598@sanson.reyes.somos.net>; from fran@reyes.somos.net on Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 01:03:50AM -0400 References: <200008240454.AAA31598@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
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On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 01:03:50AM -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On a recent email Peter Jeremy wrote: > > >..., rc.conf was recently changed (in -current) to not > >start inetd, portmap or sendmail. If you are actually relying on > >any of these daemons, and you actually notice the differences in > >/etc/defaults/rc.conf, you will be able to update /etc/rc.conf > >without a period of head-scratching when they don't start. > > What was the reason for these daemons been set to not start? Now, if you have an empty /etc/rc.conf then (in theory) no network services are running. This also means that if you want to find out what services are started at boot time you only have to look in /etc/rc.conf, rather than having to look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf as well. > Wouldn't this "break" working machines? Only if you (1) Are running -current, and (2) don't read the mailing lists and the diffs mergemaster shows you. If both (1) and (2) are true then you shouldn't be running -current anyway. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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