Re: Sendmail on installer CD

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :
> :On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:55:01 -0700 (PDT)
> :Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> :
> :> :That's not what I meant. :)
> :> :
> :> :I was wondering whether or not Sendmail has an actual
> :> :purpose, being on, when booting off the dfly installer CD,
> :> :and if not, have it disabled (for the CD only).
> :> :
> :> :(There being a /etc and a /etc.hdd on the CD.)
> :> :
> :> :/Jonas Sundström.                www.kirilla.com
> :> 
> :>     No purpose at all.  I was just being lazy and hadn't vetted the
> :>     rc.conf. We can probably turn off sshd too, since you can't login
> :>     with it without putting a password on root anyhow.  A
> :>     PFI-installed ssh key could also turn on sshd.
> :
> :Joerg and Jeroen have also mentioned disabling /procfs on the LiveCD
> :too, and I agree with them... unless there's an objection, I'll take it
> :(and make it a non-default option in the installer, for the installed
> :system.)
> :
> :-Chris
>
>     I suppose we could, but procfs isn't all that invasive.  Doesn't gdb
>     need it?  It could be useful.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

	GDB needs I think, and I am pretty truss requires it too.  It doesn't
	hurt to keep it on the Live CD for diagnosing issues.

		-Hiten