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Date:      Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:33:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   conf/37475: When -STABLE is installed with "high" security or with an existing rc.conf file, Sendmail runs when it shouldn't
Message-ID:  <200204260333.g3Q3XNC53455@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         37475
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       When -STABLE is installed with "high" security or with an existing rc.conf file, Sendmail runs when it shouldn't
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 25 20:40:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Brett Glass
>Release:        4.5-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
I installed a recent snapshot of -STABLE with "High" security --
a setting which is documented to be one which turns off all
daemons by default. However, when installation was complete, I
discovered that Sendmail was running. I had to alter the Sendmail
setting in rc.conf manually from "NO" to "NONE" to turn it off.

When one installs using a setting that says the daemon will be
"off," it should really be off! Also, the "NO/NONE" is sure
to confuse users and administrators, because they will assume (quite
reasonably) that "NO" means "no," as it does for every other setting
in rc.conf. For the sake of consistency, and to ensure that rc.conf 
files can be moved from older to newer machines without mishaps,
the settings should be YES/SOMETHING ELSE/NO rather than YES/NO/NONE. 
>How-To-Repeat:
      
>Fix:
      
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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