Re: LinuxConf

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris opensourceadvocate org>]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 doc@flybywire.com wrote:

>> Then you're happy by your own admission.  ;o) Linuxconf isn't a
>> daemon if you don't enable the web based interface on port 98.
>>
>
>I was referring to the fact that it starts unattended at each boot and
>"fixes" whatever it thinks I "broke". Including, but not necessarily
>limited to, custom sendmail.cf files, custom resolv.conf files (I think it
>quit that circa: RH6.1), etc.

Right, I agree 100%

> I'm glad it's deprecated. It's great for a very vanilla setup, but
>leaving linuxconf enabled is a pain on a box that's tweaked much.

Yep.  I like it for a couple things, but those are likely to be
replaced..  ;o)


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