Subject: Re: (YellowDogLinux) Installing individual applications
From: Philippe L. Houze (plhydl@blackdiamondltd.com)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 04:48:45 MDT
This interface was written to help "newbies" like me and you get to where we
want fast. If you want to install individual apps, you will have to learn
the ropes of Linux and follow Jim's instructions (thank you Jim).
Regarding the services mentionned in this message by Sam (ftp, telnet, talk,
etc...) they are _all_ turned OFF by default.
Sometimes I feel Linux (whichever distro) is like an IKEA kit with an
installation flyer in chinese, and the wrong size screws inside the kit...
but hey that's also part of the fun.
At least folks at TSS are trying to make it more "user-friendly" especially
for people like us accustomized to the "Mac ease", and I think they are
doing a great job (I am still wondering how they make money, knowing that
starting yesterday they give away their stuff !!!).
Have a great day,
Philippe.
Slight correction here - YDL2 uses xinetd, so look for /etc/xinetd.d/
and /etc/xinetd.conf (which does nothing really, except to call the
stuff in /etc/xinetd.d/)
info xinetd has more info (natch :-)
Do NOT kill init - that's a completely different process. (In fact,
it's the process that calls all other processes)
>You can easily 'turn off' these services (ftp, etc) by editing your
>/etc/inetd.conf file -- put a "#" (no quotes) in from of the entry
>in question,
>then "killall -HUP initd". You are commenting them out, and inet won't
start
>them. ..Jim..
>
>> G'Day All
>>
>> This question may of already be answered, please humour me. :)
>>
>> How can I install individual applications using YellowDogLinux v2 on a
G4.
>>
>> I would like to set-up a mail server but do not want to have http, ftp,
etc
>> installed on this computer for security reasons. I installed using
Internet
>> server and found it loaded all of these applications.
>>
>> Is there a easy way around this?
>>
>> Or will I need to install Internet Server option then remove the
>> applications I do not need.
>>
>> Also could someone point me in the direction of where all the archived
>> mailing list messages are? So I can check there before asking questions
that
>> may have already been answered
>>
>> Thank you for your time
>>
>> Colin Comollatti
>> Multimedia Developer
>>
>> Educational Design and Multimedia Unit
>> Distance and Flexible Learning Centre
>> Central Queensland University
>>
>> Phone: 4930 9303
>> Fax: 4930 9045
>> Email: c.comollatti@cqu.edu.au
>>
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>--
>Sincerely,
>
>Jim Potter
>45th Parallel Processing
>jrp@wvi.com
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