Re: rlinetd security
> >Can't it just be removed with update-rc.d?
>
> Sure, of course. You just can't delete it from the system entirely, which is
> what I would prefer.
Exactly, you can do all kinds of things to make sure it isn't enabled, (I
usually add exit 0 to the top of the init script) but not having the
software isntalled that you don't use is one of the biggest advantages to a
binary based distro like Debian. Its the inability to do this at a
sufficiently granular level in *BSD that makes me want to punch through
walls sometimes. One of the biggest reasons I still evangelize binary
distro's and linux.
--
Jamie Heilman http://audible.transient.net/~jamie/
"I was in love once -- a Sinclair ZX-81. People said, "No, Holly, she's
not for you." She was cheap, she was stupid and she wouldn't load
-- well, not for me, anyway." -Holly
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