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[Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>]

Isn't that what runlvedit is for?  Or are you more looking at the actual
starting and stopping of run scripts in addition to the setting of the
which ones to link where?

CuZnDragon
Robin Cook

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 19:28, Wyatt Draggoo wrote:
> > I second this: no init services by default.  We should query the user
> > during CONFIGURE if they need the service to start by default and set the
> > execute modes of the init script respectively.
> > 
> > The mere act of casting shouldn't change the number of running services
> > either on next reboot or right after install without some explicit
> > permission from the admin.
> 
> I can think of a number of reasons why I agree to this.  But the main one
> is that most (if not all) services need to be configured before they are
> secure, of even useful.  I'd prefer if nothing was turned on until after I
> had a chance to taylor the config to my system.
> 
> Perhaps SMGL needs a wrapper around run scripts, like RedHat's chkconfig. 
> This would make it easy to manage the execution of run scripts after
> casting spells.
> 
> Wyatt
> 
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> Wyatt Draggoo
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