On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Prana wrote:
> Hello guys,
> Just wanna let you know that there's this bug since v7.1 and not fixed
> yet until 8.0 Beta 1. Mandrake 7.2 doesn't provide any fix for this
> either. If I update an RPM package (with MandrakeUpdate or just urpmi)
> that has /etc/rc.d/init.d entry that I _Have_ turned OFF, why does it
> ***always forces me to turn on the services again*** ???
Many spec files of various packages have to be fixed then, I'm not sure,
maybe nobody has time to do so.
> Also another this is: servers still start by default. I've said about
> this many times, nobody listens. Now I hope that services be turned off
> by default. SuSE 7.1, Redhat 7.0, the next 7.1, BestLinux have already
> turn off the services by default. 90% of people has been complaining and
> no developer @ MandrakeSoft is willing to listen. This is a bad thing
> for security, and someday I believe that someone will give ** _really
> nasty_ proofs of concepts** if the network services are still turned on
> by default (with the exception of ssh or webmin). I'm sorry, but this is
> really unacceptable.
Hasn't this been discussed before in cooker? Developers decided everything
should be turned on if not installed as desktop. Maybe we can stop
talking about this now.
