Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:14:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc* stuff Message-ID: <199610250014.UAA23879@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199610242315.BAA04473@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Oct 25, 96 01:15:18 am
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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, J Wunsch had to walk into mine and say: > As Bill Paul wrote: > > > - Even though we have rpc.lockd and rpc.statd in the tree now, there > > are no knobs for it in /etc/sysconfig or /etc/rc. Shouldn't we be > > be starting them if NFS is turned on? > > You mean, ``just to confuse the people''? :) > > Remember, they are no-ops still. No, they aren't. rpc.statd is fully functional. rpc.lockd is halfway functional. In either case, it doesn't hurt to have them on. Besides: what motivation will people have to work on them if we just let them sit there? -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." =============================================================================
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