Re: [suse-sparc] Comments on installation process

From: Thorsten Kukuk (kukuk@suse.de)
Date: Sun Mar 25 2001 - 20:44:20 PST

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    Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:44:20 +0200
From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
Message-ID: <20010326064420.A25106@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Comments on installation process

    On Mon, Mar 26, Peter Becker wrote:

    > Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
    [...]
    > >> PS: something I'd like to have in a running system is more control on
    > >> services from a high viewpoint. For example I'd like to turn HTTPD
    > >> on/off with just a switch, maybe even with the option of
    > >
    > >
    > > Use the YaST2 controlcenter and the rc.config editor.
    >
    > I can't find this option in both of them (the YaST2 control center and
    > the rc.config file -- is there another rc.config editor than YaST1 or

    Yes, there is: Start YaST2 (than you will get the YaST2 control center)
    or look in the KDE controll center for the YaST2 modules.

    > vi?). And honestly: if you look at the YaST2 network icons: do you think
    > it is easy to understand? I think the configuration options should come
    > from the services, not the programs, i.e. there should be an option to
    > turn on/off and restrict ftp, http or telnet access not configuring
    > inetd, httpd and the hosts.* files.

    In the rc.config Editor you can enable or disable the daemons (inetd,
    httpd, ...) and with the YaST2 inetd editor you can enable services
    in /etc/inetd.conf.

      Thorsten 

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