From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 20 18: 6:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from 12-234-22-238.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E363D37B405 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:06:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-22-238.client.attbi.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3L16JHt069877; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:06:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Master.gorean.org (zoot [127.0.0.1]) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3L16LLr016031; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:06:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) with ESMTP id g3L16LQg016028; Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:06:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:06:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton X-X-Sender: doug@master.gorean.org To: D J Hawkey Jr Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory In-Reply-To: <20020420195043.A49256@sheol.localdomain> Message-ID: <20020420180226.X15997-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > > You should only have to do it once. Just do it for everything that > > you care about. > > OK, this is one thing I'm still unclear about. "Do it once" when? After > a new install, and 'sysinstall' is done with it? Once after an upgrade? > Once after every upgrade, or just once after a new install? Only one of those actually qualifies as "once." :) > How does this differ from current (i.e., 4.5-REL) practice? I'm still > at a loss as to how what you're prescribing is different from past and > present practices, given what [little] I've learned about your change > since my first post. I think the problem here is that way more heat than light has been thrown up around this change. My suggestion does not differ from what people _should_ do after an install (IMO), but the problem is that not many people ever get (or choose to follow) that advice. > I honestly didn't notice whether 'inetd' was on or off by default in > 4.5-REL; I told 'sysinstall' to do no networking at all, preferring to > set it up manually after the new install. > > Is your change going to alter things to the point where I won't "be at > home" doing this, should I choose to? Nope. Sounds like you're on the right track. -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message