>From Pat Moffitt on Tuesday, 19 June, 2001:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Pingenot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:54 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: rlinetd security
>[snip]
>> While we're at it, it'd be nice if the packages (on an update)
>> didn't re-enable
>> themselves if I've disabled them. Inetd should check each of
>> the runlevels to
>> see if it's currently enabled (/etc/rc?.d). If it's not, it
>> shouldn't make it
>> so. The same goes for all the other services in /etc/rc?.d.
>> Also, if it
>> isn't listed in /etc/inetd.conf, the admin has probably removed
>> it, and it
>> shouldn't add itself back in.
>> Just something that's annoyed me when updating daily. :)
>The latest exim update got me on that one. I have exim running all the
>time, don't want it in inetd.conf....
Yup, me too. that's why I wrote in. :) Maybe we can make inetd.conf
ugo-r by default? That'll help keep stuff from writing to it, and
inexperienced sysadmins from letting stuff add to it. *But* it should
be empty first. :)
-Joseph
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