I looked at the packages in detail and here is what I came up with: Dave Miner wrote: > Moinak Ghosh wrote: >> Here are some possible additions to the Slim CD package >> list: >> >> SUNWbtool CCS tools bundled with SunOS
This package contains things like elfdump, nm, strip etc. Not good to leave out. >> SUNWtnfd TNF Developer Components >> SUNWtnfc TNF Core Components Useful for debugging crashdumps or running kernel, but maybe not required for LiveCD. >> SUNWbnur Networking UUCP Utilities, (Root) >> SUNWbnuu Networking UUCP Utilities, (Usr) Some folks do use uucp. It is one of the basic Unix utilities. >> SUNWllcr LLC2 driver configuration and startup files >> SUNWllc LLC2 driver and its initialization programs Not required, mainly relevant for NetBIOS, SNA etc. >> SUNWipc Interprocess Communications Provides the commands ipcs and ipcrm. Useful for developers. >> SUNWppm Solaris Print Manager This is used to manage network printers. Does not look relevant for Slim. >> SUNWter Terminal Information This provides the terminfo database. We wouldn't want to leave this out right ? >> SUNWslpr SLP, (Root) >> SUNWslpu SLP, (Usr) Lets leave this out :) >> SUNWrsmo RSMPI Operations Registration Module >> SUNWncar Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator (Root) >> SUNWncau Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator (Usr) >> SUNWrds Sun Reliable Datagram Sockets These can be left out. >> SUNWpppd Solaris PPP Device Drivers >> SUNWpppdr Solaris PPP configuration files >> SUNWpppdu Solaris PPP daemon and utilities >> SUNWpppdt Solaris PPP Tunneling Leaving out ppp is not a good idea for connectivity options. >> SUNWarbel Sun IB Arbel HCA driver >> SUNWaudit AuditService Implementation Can be left out. >> SUNWbart Basic Audit Reporting Tool Built-in functionality similar to tripwire. Will be missed by security conscious folks if left out. >> SUNWhermon Sun IB Hermon HCA driver Not needed. >> SUNWpppg GNU utilities for PPP We should include all the ppp stuff. >> SUNWspnego SPNEGO GSS-API Mechanism Not required. >> SUNWtcpd tcpd - access control facility for internet services >> SUNWxcu6 XCU6 Utilities People used to locking down their systems will miss tcpd. The xcu6 packages provides the utilities under /usr/xpg6/bin. Is it a good idea to leave that out ? Regards, Moinak. >> > > Like Stephen, I'd like to see some argument for each. These were in a > list you'd sent to me some time back and I'd done a cursory review and > concluded none of them had a particularly strong argument that I could > construct. So someone needs to make a case. (Actually, don't > bother for SLP - you'll never convince me on that one ;-). > > Dave
