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Date:      Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:12:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>
To:        Christopher Schulte <schulte+freebsd@nospam.schulte.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: inetd_enable=?
Message-ID:  <20020419111044.H10371-100000@snafu.adept.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020419125245.050f25e0@pop3s.schulte.org>

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On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Christopher Schulte wrote:

> Looks like this commit made inetd default to off in
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf.  Was there a good reason to run sshd from inetd
> versus having it start as a daemon?  If so, you should have explicitly told
> /etc/rc.conf you wanted inetd on, versus relying on it being a default.

Guess I learned not to trust default values.  ;)  Fair enough.

> 1) define sshd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf - now changes in
> /etc/defaults/* won't impact you.
> 2) make sure you use mergemaster as part of your update routine, in case
> certain subsystem changes (PAM) require configuration tweaking to maintain
> workable service

I did 1, from the console.  ;)  I always do 2.  Hopefully this will hit
release notes/UPDATING as previously mentioned once it becomes more
official.

Later,
-Mike

--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
 safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."  --Benjamin Franklin


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