[wplug] Any Suggestion for DSL Service for Linux?

[Michael Procaro]

I went nuts once looking for the init scripts on OSF1 which became Digital
UNIX which became Compag Tru64.

They were under /sbin. All of my training on Linux, and IRIX said look under
/etc.

Mike


----- Original Message -----
From: <jmh3 at linuxfreak.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [wplug] Any Suggestion for DSL Service for Linux?


>
> > John,
> >
> > I'm running IRIX 6.5. What is the best way to turn off sendmail? Kill
the daemon?
> > It's not listed as a service in /etc/inetd.conf.
> sendmail isnt normally run from inetd. you could kill the daemon, but it
> would come back when you reboot.
> this is an abstraction on how most unix systems work:
> look for where irix stores the init scripts. they will probably be in one
> of the following directories:
> /etc/init.d
> /etc/rc.d/init.d
>
> so look in /etc (and its sub dirs for an inet.d directory). in that you
> should see a script file called sendmail. you can stop it by typing
> ./sendmail stop from within that directory.
>
> each runlevel will have it's own directory where symbolic links are
> stored. these sym links point to the init scripts in the inet.d directory.
> normally the runlevel directories look something like this:
> /etc/rc0.d
> /etc/rc1.d
> /etc/rc2.d
> /etc/rc3.d
> /etc/rc4.d
> /etc/rc5.d
> /etc/rc6.d
>
> sometimes they are found in /etc/rc.d instead of /etc
>
> so if your sgi is booting in to a grpahical login look in /etc/rc5.d (or
> possible /etc/rc.d/rc5.d) for a file that looks like this: S##sendmail.
>
> the S tells your box to start it at boot time. the ## will be numbers.
> this tells your box what order to start things. this way dependencies
> (sp?) are met. (eg you network starts befor your webserver). so rename
> that file to K##sendmail. this will prevent it from starting when the
> system switches to that runlevel.
>
>
> >
> > What is SAINT?
> saint scans your ports and looks at the versions of the software you have
> installed to see if you have any security issues. there are linux rpms
> available, but you should be able to get it to work on your sgi.
> http://www.wwdsi.com/saint/
>
> i hope that helps. you should go here:
> http://support.sgi.com/irix/index.html
> i think if you use the signup link under member profile and become a
> member you can then goto the email notification under that. this way they
> should email you if there are any security advisories for irix.
>
> john
>
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