On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Kevin Fenzi <ke...@scrye.com> wrote: > Greetings. > > FESCo is looking at the question of what services can start by default > (ie, you install something and it's set to start automatically next > time you boot up).
Honestly I think it'd be conceptually a lot simpler if all services didn't start on RPM installation, period. Specific ones that we want enabled by default in a desktop install could simply be turned on in the kickstart file. Something like the attached patch (obviously incomplete, and not tested):
From f87cd366e19c2ecd1abd28c066c869000de1d6bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Walters <walt...@verbum.org> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:43:16 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Move system service enabling here Rather than have the list of services enabled by default encoded in the RPMs, explicitly specify the list here. --- fedora-live-desktop.ks | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fedora-live-desktop.ks b/fedora-live-desktop.ks index 06700b3..edd8678 100644 --- a/fedora-live-desktop.ks +++ b/fedora-live-desktop.ks @@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ nss-mdns %end %post + +# Enable system service processes, "local" only +chkconfig messagebus on +chkconfig abrtd on +chkconfig NetworkManager on + +# Enable some system service processes that listen on internet ports, +# though of course this is pointless with a firewall always on. +chkconfig avahi on +chkconfig cupsd on + cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF # disable screensaver locking gconftool-2 --direct --config-source=xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults -s -t bool /apps/gnome-screensaver/lock_enabled false >/dev/null -- 1.7.1
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