Quey wrote: > Michael Johnson wrote: >> It is nice to use Slackware because it doesn't do funky stuff with >> software. qmail installs fairly easily and fits in decently well. Oh, it >> also works great on slower hardware because you can strip services to >> the bare essentials easily and thus leave more resources for the actual >> functions it needs to do. >> >> > and boots in 1/8th of the time RHES/CentOS does :) > >
Likely because RH actively probes for new hardware on every boot and also launches a bunch of processes. While you can cut all that out and make it boot fast, it takes a lot of work. >> The only downside to Slackware is that it doesn't use PAM, so you need >> to make local login accounts. Personally, I don't like PAM (it has had >> many security issues in the past) and qmail doesn't use it, so it isn't >> a big thing. Also, Slackware doesn't hold your hand on dependencies, but >> if you are a decent system administrator, you shouldn't have problems >> with that. >> >> > Eh? for what do you create local login accounts? > > > I follow the rule that one should never log in directly as root. In this case, you need at least one mortal local account as an initial login. - Michael !DSPAM:472e589f32001838832398!
