#include <hallo.h> * Branden Robinson [Fri, Nov 15 2002, 09:54:34PM]:
> Imagine you misconfigured sendmail, e.g., you've got it configured as an > open relay. You see the problem and type "/etc/init.d/sendmail stop" Sendmail does not start hardware related things, having a chance to crash the box immediately. > 1) Learn how to disable a misbehaving daemon if you don't know how to > configure it, or a thing it launches. Come on - xdm postinst does not ask whether the user wishes to launch it when installed, or launch it at all. In facht, I consider filing bug reports against every *dm packages because of this policy. Take ssh as example, it asks you whether it should be executed or not. > 2) CTRL-R (man xdm) > > > Something we should have as alternative instead of hacking some config > > files with postinst scripts. > > Who is hacking files with postinst scripts? The *dm packages. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Definition of Windows 9x: A 32 bit upgrade to a 16 bit extensions for an 8 bit operating system designed to run on a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that doesnŽt like 1 bit of competition.
