Sounds fair to me. send-pr a patch.
Jacques Vidrine / n...@nectar.com / nec...@freebsd.org
On 5 March 1999 at 12:09, James FitzGibbon <ja...@ehlo.com> wrote:
>
> There is already a precedent for allowing users to use drop-in replacements
> for certain network daemons by specifying the path to the daemon in rc.conf.
> Examples include the ${ntpdate_program} and ${xtnpd_program} variables that
> are used in /etc/rc.network.
>
> Wietse Venema has for some time had a replacement portmapper that uses
> libwrap to control access using hosts.allow. It doesn't protect the
> daemons, but it can help disguise what RPC services you are running.
>
> I'm suggesting to have rc.network use a ${portmap_program} variable, with a
> suitable default in /etc/defaults/rc.conf of "/usr/sbin/portmap".
>
> Any comments appreciated.
>
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