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Re: better make a standard for /etc/*/*_not_to_be_run



On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:38:34PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> Oh, barf. For 99% of the installations, if you are installing a daemon,
> you want it to run. Thus, the sensible default is to set it up to do so.

This may be true for non-standard and non-task selected daemons, but it is
for sure not true for any unexpected daemon invocatrion. Linux is not
Windows, I would expect all ports to be closed, not open.

Greetings
Bernd
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