Re: Things to remove from /rescue

From: David O'Brien (obrien_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 07/24/03

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To: Mike Makonnen <mtm@identd.net>

    On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 08:25:32PM -0400, Mike Makonnen wrote:
    > > b) want to maintain network security while accessing that resource.
    >
    > What security? There are no network services running in single-user,
    > so what is there to secure?

    I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing things this way.
     

    > I won't complain if it's kept, but I would prefer just the bare minimum
    > be kept in /rescue. Once you go beyond that and into "well s/he might
    > need..." territory then we might as well throw in everything in the
    > base system. IMO, /rescue should be the absolute essentials _only_.
    > Instead of theorizing reasons why someone might need ipfw and friends,
    > why don't we wait until we get a bug report about a specific situation
    > in which it was needed before we put it back in.

    Thank you for expressing this so well. I do think we should wait for
    PR's telling real experiences rather than theorizing so much in the "what
    if"'s.
     
    > Also, while you're at it, David, I think you can get rid of rcorder
    > as well. I don't know why one would need it to fix a hosed root,
    > and besides it's staticaly linked to begin with.

    Will do! :-) 

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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