Subject: Re: Problem with turning of some daemons.....
To: Thilo Manske <Thilo.Manske@HEH.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
From: David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/14/1999 14:53:50
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 05:01:04PM +0200, Thilo Manske wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 02:03:15PM +0200, Reinoud Koornstra wrote:
> > rc.conf-# Daemons required by other daemons
> > rc.conf-inetd=YES               inetd_flags="-l"        # -l logs libwrap
> > rc.conf:portmap=NO              portmap_flags="-l"      # -l logs libwrap
> > rc.conf-
> > rc.conf-# Commonly used daemons
> > rc.conf-update=YES              update_flags="30"

I've been seeing some strange behaviour since 1.4, where turning off
portmap will:

disable inetd (on a 1.4.1 upgrade from 1.3) - inetd runs, but doesn't answer

not allow itself to be restarted (on 1.4 upgrade from 1.3.3)

-- 
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