Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:26:06 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, alfred@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: portmap_enable vs. rpcbind_enable Message-ID: <20010731102606.A26323@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20010731114846.42FA73E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org> References: <20010731114846.42FA73E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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In the last episode (Jul 31), Dima Dorfman said: > Does anybody know (remember?) why portmap_enable (the rc.conf knob) > wasn't renamed to rpcbind_enable when portmap became rpcbind? It > seems odd to have a knob called portmap_enable that actually starts > something called rpcbind (not to mention violating POLA). Probably to keep existing rc.conf's from breaking. Same reason we've still got xntpd_enable. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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