Hi. > > Of course, from my point of view, The sysadmin should be > > given the opportunity to refuse the automatic creation of > > the services. Could it be possible to add the necessary > > configuration in the install scripts? > > Hi Gilles, I can understand your concern, but I'm currently not sure how > to solve this conflict. The vserver environment doesn't need the > getties, sure, but they also don't hurt that much. OTOH a non-virtual > system that installs runit-run, and by accident doesn't provide any > getty service, is a real pain as there's no possibility to login locally > to a console. Users might even think the system didn't boot up > correctly. >
Couldn't you just provide an option to not install the getties, accompanied by a strong warning, and possibly, make the user acknowledge the danger by having him type something like "Do as I say!", as they do when one tries to uninstall "essential" packages? Best, Gilles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
