Re: inetd.conf trashed
On Sun, 4 May 1997, Sam Ockman wrote:
> Upgraded to all the new packages in bo from a bo installation of a few
> weeks ago...something trashed my inetd.conf file.... Now it reads only
>
> cvspserver stream tcp nowait root /usr/bin/cvs cvs -b
> /usr/bin
> pserver
> #rquotad/1 dgram rpc/udp wait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/rpc.rq
> uotad
> finger stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/cfinge
> rd
>
> I assume it was one of the packages I upgraded. Shouldn't there be some
> policy of packes backing up all configuration files before changing them?
> (I can't find any backups...) Maybe we should even honor the
> VERSION_CONTROL scheme so people could keep one backup or numbered
> backups...Now that would be neat.
>
> Thoughts as to what caused this? How to fix it? Or a config file backup
> policy? (Please correct me if there is one...)
CVS 1.9-3 being removed or upgraded caused it. I agree, there should be a
policy. Unfortunately, this wasn't noticed until bo was frozen :(
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