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This is what Luke at Mon, May 13, 2002 at 02:30:21PM +1000 wrote: |
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> On Mon, 13 May 2002 13:50, James Vandenberg wrote: |
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> > This is what Luke at Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:53:42AM +1000 wrote: |
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> > > Youve spent a lot of time thinking about the details of your system, |
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> > > without answering one simple question. |
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> > > Why is this needed? |
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> > For one very simple reason. It makes life easier for system administrators, |
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> > users, and maintainers. |
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> No, it wont. |
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<Pantomime> |
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Oh, yes it will! |
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</Pantomime> |
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> > An example is with Inetd/Xinetd. These two programs have the same function, |
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> > but wildly different configuration file formats. Now how should the telnet |
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> > daemon be installed? Should it give an example of how it should be |
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> > installed in inetd syntax, or xinetd syntax? So if it tells me how to |
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> > install telnet into inetd, but I'm running xinetd, it doesn't help me as |
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> > much as if it were in xinetd syntax. |
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> Learn one. Use it. Go on with your life. |
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Which one? |
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What if I want to use one that the maintainer of a package hates? |
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James, |
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James Vandenberg Email: james at vandenberg.dropbear.id.au |
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