On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 06:44:52PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Initech (initech@r00tserverz.net) [031212 13:42]: > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 01:20:42PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > > I've heard that the inetd process is not very secure. > <snip> > > > > update-rc.d -f inetd remove > > > > (note: this is the way you modify init scripts in debian) > > note: this is _not_ the way you modify init scripts in debian. <snip> > still think it an important myth to shoot down each time I see it, > because the only way I can figure that anyone thinks that 'update-rc.d > -f inetd remove' is a reasonable thing to do is because they saw someone > else suggest it here without being corrected. I guess it sounds kind of > like update-menus or update-modules, so people think it's "The Debian > Way" of managing sysvinit rc.d boot directories. <snip> Hi Vineet, I recall someone saying that update-rc.d was for interal use. So what is a better way other than removing the service. People 'discovered' the update-rc.d supposedly because they couldin't find a 'debian' way to do it as I can tell from the number of people making various and sundry queries on this list. Is there a README or FAQ that points this out. TIA. ;-). -Kev
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