Date: Mon, 6 Jan 97 10:06:38 CST From: Joe Greco <jgreco@solaria.sol.net> To: aledm@routers.co.uk (Aled Morris) Cc: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any good reason to run portmap on a non NFS'd/RPC'd Message-ID: <199701061606.KAA26670@solaria.sol.net> In-Reply-To: <199701060938.JAA24767@deputy.pavilion.co.uk> from "Aled Morris" at Jan 6, 97 09:38:30 am
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> At 14:55 02/01/97 -0800, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > >I'm not using YP or any of that stuff. If not, then it seems like > >something that would be good to turn into a sysconfig variable. > > Nor do I - I usually rename "portmap" so it doesn't get found by RC. > > I would support the proposal for a sysconfig variable (although to avoid > beginner's problems, there should probably be some logic in RC to > override "portmap=NO" if YP, NFS or any other good stuff is enabled.) How about a "portmap=AUTO"? If set, it enables portmap is YP/NFS/etc are enabled. If "NO", it yells during startup that you are broken, if YP/NFS/etc are enabled. If "YES", well, obvious :-) Just a thought. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847
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