Well sort of. That only prevents them from recompiling and updating if you do a build/install world. I realize I'm probably requiring more control than is natural, but I don't want sendmail to have ever been installed in the first place. But really, it goes beyond that. The FreeBSD crew, has decided for us the list of apps they consider to be "part of" the OS. Some contributed, some developed by themselves, some standard unix tools, etc...However, that leaves the rest of us cleaning out these apps that we didn't want in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I love FreeBSD, but this particular aspect of it is driving me up a wall. I'm trying to figure out how to get the most bare install possible, and then from there, add things on that I want. It would seem that this would be easier for them than harder. And a nice little app to control what actually goes into the install. I know, really there is probably little effect on the system to have things on it that are not used. However, to some that's considered a security breach, to me, it also just bothers me. What if I don't want rcp to be installed on my system at all? There are a million and one of these little apps, utilities, etc...I can understand that some are standard. However, they can be categorized, and selected. I'm probably the only person that wants this level of control. So, sorry for wasting everyone's time...
Peace. -Daniel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Duncan Anker Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:53 PM To: FreeBSD Questions; Daniel Goepp Cc: Lowell Gilbert Subject: Re: Postfix vs. Sendmail On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 00:42, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Daniel Goepp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > So mx1.freebsd.org itself runs Postfix, but yet, sendmail is still so > > embedded in FreeBSD that it's almost imposible to get cleaned out. When > > are they going to make the FreeBSD install configurable enough to not have > > to include sendmail, bind, openssl, etc? I choose to either install these > > apps as ports, or not at all. > > > > Is there a way to break down the install, and just get a bare bare bare > > bones install of just base, crypto and man pages, like the install says > > it's going to do? I can't imagine this would be too hard to do! > > Then do it. If it works, I doubt there will be much trouble getting > it accepted into the system. um ... what's wrong with doing this in /etc/make.conf? NO_BIND = true NO_OPENSSL = true NO_SENDMAIL = true and so on. Seems to be exactly what you want to do -- The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Dark Blue Sea does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Dark Blue Sea. Dark Blue Sea does not warrant that any attachments are free from viruses or other defects. You assume all liability for any loss, damage or other consequences which may arise from opening or using the attachments. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
