Hans Schneidhofer wrote:
>
> Am Mon, 01 Mai 2000 schrieben Sie:
> > I believe that not activiating these is a deliberate (and wise, IMHO)
> > action taken for security reasons.
> >
> > It installs them so that you don't need to go back to the install disk
> > to get the packages, but lets you activate them only if you actualy plan
> > to use them. Why open ports that you don't even plan to use?
>
> Hi Brian,
> am sorry about I have to correct you a little bit. Because, can you remeber,
> that in the install-procedure there is a question about using nfs ? If so,
> then I think, it would be self-evident to start the nfs-daemon. Or which step
> should be between this question about having nfs and starting nfs ?
No, you are right; it's been a while since I actually installed and I
didn't remember the question. I agree: if it asks if you want to *use*
NFS, and you say "yes," then surely it should activate it.
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