Subject: Re: more work in rc.d [was Re: rc, rc.shutdown proposed change]
To: None <toddpw@best.com>
From: None <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/19/2000 15:52:52
> > I don't really like things that just "go" -- there are
> > already examples of this in the Linux world where various
> > services are enabled on a stock system, without the user
> > really knowing about them (or needing them).  IMHO it would
> > be better if daemons do not run automatically, but rather
> > require the system administrator to enable them.
>
> Yeah, that's a problem with a command line interface whose main
> operation is "add".

Right.  IMHO, we need a per-machine separate "enable" step for
deamons and stuff requiring similar treatment.

- H=E5vard