Re: Many ports open by default
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 12:28:49AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > 1. ssh and sshd should be split into separate packages. if it bothers you > enough, file a bug report. i'm happy with the way it is. > > or > > 2. the handful of people who want the ssh client but not the ssh daemon > can learn how to edit /etc/init.d/ssh It has been pointed out that ssh actually handles this correctly with debconf, giving users the choice. I was just trying to use it as an example but it seems that everything has already been taken care of. Warren -- Warren A. Layton http://www.netwinder.org/~zeevon GPG Fingerprint: F54C 019D 18BE 6ED8 678D 39D0 21FD D515 BFB8 80A3 pgp8YNaRYZODm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Many ports open by default
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:25:34AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote: > Why would you keep something around if you don't want to run it? Debian > makes the (correct) assumption that if you've installed something, you > want to run it. If i install bind, it will assume i want it to run. Well, not everyone that installs ssh wants to run the server (some may just want to use the client to connect to other machines). This is just one example; I'm sure that there are many more. Warren -- Warren A. Layton http://www.netwinder.org/~zeevon GPG Fingerprint: F54C 019D 18BE 6ED8 678D 39D0 21FD D515 BFB8 80A3 pgpTWI8IbDA01.pgp Description: PGP signature
