Erik A. Espinoza wrote:
>> As long as there's 'svc' to control it, I see no need for putting
>> links into
>> /service/. For that matter, why is there a /service/ at all in the
>> toaster?
>> I'd be inclined to ditch it.
>
> Probably there since the Miguel Beccari days and hasn't been removed.
> You can rmdir it without side effect.
>
>> If someone wanted to disable a stock service permanently, will 'svc -d'
>> persist after a reboot, or would they need to modify the qmail script
>> to run it?
>
> No, 'svc -d' is a temporary disable. The only way to permanently
> remove it is to rm the dir. I usually leave everything running and
> just use the firewall to control access.
>
> For example on my system I don't allow imap or pop3 without ssl. Since
> tcpserver doesn't take any resources unless it is in use, then there
> is no worries.
>
> Erik
>
I suppose you could create an init script that runs 'svc -d' to disable
whatever service you didn't want.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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