too many deamons by default - F7 test 2 live cd

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Mon Mar 19 14:31:21 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 19:27 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 19:04 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 16:46 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >>>> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> >>>>> That's why I say "weak spot" - There is no "one-fits-all set of daemons
> >>>>> to enable/disable" - Each situation is different, but there is hardly
> >>>>> any means to customize an installation for an individual situation
> >>>>> during installation with Fedora.
> >>>> Anaconda, Kickstart, targeted and custom spins enable you to customize 
> >>>> Fedora for individual situations. Don't they?
> >>> Once you have a system up, or if you already have a system up, yes,
> >>> there are means to customize, but during installation (esp. first time
> >>> installation) - no, to a large extend, this doesn't apply.
> >> What are you talking about?
> > Two examples:
> > 
> > * user management - There is no way to reserve uids before installation,
> > there is no way to custiomize nsswitch.conf, there is no way to
> > configure network'ed homes.
> > 
> > * kickstart is only a means for advanced users, who are familiar with
> > RH-based distros. It's not suiteable to "first-timers".
> 
> Seem completely unrelated to daemons which is the topic of conversation.
What? 

You've never installed a fedora client in an existing network?

I realize, this live cd is addressing standalone situations only.

Ralf





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