Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:18:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: "Gooderum, Mark" <mark@JUMPWEB.COM>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nuking "unsafe" protocols (was Re: Upcoming rc.conf changes n ot loading certain currently loaded daemons) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008241817440.7966-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20000824135944.B12283@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Brooks Davis wrote: >This change DOES NOT DISABLE INETD, PORTMAP, OR SENDMAIL ON NEW INSTALLS! >What it does do is set the default in /etc/defaults/rc.conf to off >and instruct sysinstall to turn them on in /etc/rc.conf. This means >the fact that they are on is clear visiable in /etc/rc.conf instead of >hidden in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The idea is that you should be able to >look in /etc/rc.conf and tell which services are enabled. Sysinstall >will continue to enable many of them by default to make your life >easier. Sounds like a bikeshed to me. Who's got the paintbrush? Brandon D. Valentine -- bandix at looksharp.net | bandix at structbio.vanderbilt.edu "Truth suffers from too much analysis." -- Ancient Fremen Saying To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0008241817440.7966-100000>