Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:45:14 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP needed by experienced porter for simple review Message-ID: <66C000D0DD088B6FBAEBBBE4@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <007601c83804$4b014c20$6300000a@pi> References: <002401c8352b$9ba33750$6300000a@pi> <op.t2qe8ivm9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <001c01c835f6$8165ab90$6300000a@pi> <op.t2sivjam9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <000801c83672$46c079d0$6300000a@pi> <op.t2tme7ix9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <007601c83804$4b014c20$6300000a@pi>
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--On Thursday, December 06, 2007 13:34:05 +0100 GP <godpost@gmail.com> wrote: > > rc.conf > It's a shame that I can't use a script placed in /files to change rc.conf > during install/ > deinstall. I really liked that. But i guess I will settle with a dull > pkg-message at the > end, like the rest of you... > Well, no, it's not a shame. The last thing we want to do as a community is enable all sorts of daemons that users don't know they have enabled. It's up to the owner of a box to enable a daemon **in the way** that they want it enabled. For example, *none* of the daemons on my workstation listen for connections on its IP address - only on localhost. If you enabled the daemon by default while installing the script, and I didn't have time to config it the way I wanted, and it got started (either by accident or by reboot) I would be pissed (not to mention possibly hacked.) As porters our job is to make the software available for install *not* decide how or when it will be used. -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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