Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:50:54 -0700 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com> To: Mattias Karlsson <matte@sdf.luth.se> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: misc/535: Sysinstall takes down the network. Message-ID: <9910.803591454@westhill.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:10:01 PDT." <199506191910.MAA04894@freefall.cdrom.com>
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In message <199506191910.MAA04894@freefall.cdrom.com>, Mattias Karlsson writes: > When i was installing today i logged in to one of out servers and > started to read my mail and after a while my telnet hang. After some > research i discovered that the sysinstall had both removed the default > route and ifconfiged down the ethernet interface. My syggestion is to > atleast warn before the network is taken down. If you plan to use the systinstall EHS for doing non-installation related work, expect the unexpected!!! I honestly can't call this a bug, and that if you `abuse' the facilites provided, that we can't do much to provide a safety net. Sure, we can do a msgConfirm before the net is taken down, but since you are not meant to be interacting with the network, the installation program is, there SHOULDN'T be a problem! YES, we can do this, but do we really want to ask the users permission to ifconfig down the network EVERY time? We'd get requests to take such a facility out pretty soon, I can tell you!! Gary
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