David Bustos wrote: > ... > >>>>>- if I "svcadm disable ntp" while it's in "offline*" state because of >>>>>the situation I describe above, why is this disabling not effective >>>>>immediately, or after reboot (yes, that means after reboot I see the >>>>>same situation again!). >>>>> >>>>> > >As Renaud pointed out, svc.startd ignores requests while services are in >transition. This is sort-of a bug. The disable should take effect >after reboot, though, so if it doesn't then there may be a bug. > >
Is any of the future work on SMF likely to address this shortcoming in its design? Darren