On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Martin Schulze wrote: > Christian Schwarz writes: > > > > > The situation looks completely different if the server has its own > > > > package, like `msqld' for the server and `msql' for the client. > > > > > > Not really -- the user should still be prompted (or have some control > > > over it) because the daemon package probably contains the > > > *documentation* for the daemon! I should be able to install a package > > > in order to read the docs, and not have to run it... > > > > Seconded. > > > > However, we should probably distinguish between "local daemons" and > > "network daemons". I think it is pretty safe to start "lpd" on every > > machine, since the default configuration would not accept queries from > > foreign hosts. If I install the "lpd" package, I would not like to be > > asked whether this daemon should be started! > > Really? I haven't noticed that there is a switch at lpd similar to > '-r' on syslogd. Nevertheless, even local daemon can cause security > problems and if the user doesn't need it why should that daemon be > started? > > I could live with your addition but I would like to be prompted, > too.
But I thought most people already complain, that there are too many questions in the installer scripts (postinst). What do the others think about this? Thanks, Chris -- Christian Schwarz Do you know [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Debian GNU/Linux? [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit PGP-fp: 8F 61 EB 6D CF 23 CA D7 34 05 14 5C C8 DC 22 BA http://www.debian.org http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .