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Date:      Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:48:25 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
To:        JJB <Barbish3@adelphia.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: conf/62230: log-in-vain issues it's msg every time 'mail' command is used.
Message-ID:  <20040202184825.GZ47004@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEJJFHAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
References:  <200402021622.i12GM4mT090358@freefall.freebsd.org> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGKEJJFHAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>

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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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