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On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:18:42PM -0500, john3868@×××××××××.net wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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>I'm planning on making my first attempt to install Gentoo on my system soon. |
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>I have some questions (I hope that I haven't missed the answers to them in the |
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>FAQ or docs). When installing with the 1.4_rc1 CD, how is security addressed |
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>while the sources download is occurring? |
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By default there are no services started during the install. At least, I |
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couldn't see any when I nmapped my box (from another one) during the install. |
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>Is there a basic firewall that is gets installed and configured when you |
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>execute the net_setup script? |
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No, not by default. |
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>Also, what is the difference between the "dist_files" and the "gentoo_sources" |
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>subdirs on the download site? Thanks in advance for your help! |
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distfiles is the directory where source files for everything are downloaded and |
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stored. gentoo-sources is the ebuild for the kernel source plus some gentoo |
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performance patches. |
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> - Andrew Johnson |
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Craig |
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PS, please break your lines at <80 chars. |
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