Christopher Phillips (Blake) wrote: > > In our environment, we use systemimager to create a base image for all > hosts. It's much easier for us to have everything enabled in > /etc/runlevel.conf and then disable/enable a daemon using > /etc/default/$FOO and have that file revision controlled rather than > editing each machines' /etc/runlevel.conf. Also, adding the > /etc/default/$FOO file allows us to modify the behavior of the script in > other ways. I only make this suggestion as other systems administrators > may find the same. Section 9.3.2 of the Debian Policy Manual includes > this as well. > > Some other packages that enable/disable using /etc/default: > > icecast2 > spamassassin > rsync > bootlogd > sysstat > monit > fetchmail > firehol
Yes, but all of these (at least the ones I'm familiar with) have substantial non-daemonic uses as well. rsync, for instance, is a client and a server. I'll give it some thought and maybe run it by -devel for input. > > Thank you, > Chris. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
