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How do I run the pop3d under Solaris 10 ?
I do not seem to have svc:/network/pop3/tcp:default ?

I seem to have problems with this new SMF - cannot quite get my head around why
/etc/inetd.conf is converted to some XML format - things used to be nice and simple now they
seem to be unecessarily complex, I'm sure there is a good reason for this but I've not
figured out what it is.

John.

The advantages the new configuration offers are many:

        - any extensions to the inetd format would need to be
          cramped in a single line
        - all other configuration option applied equally to all services;
          (enabled tcp wrappers/rate limiting/etc); SMF offers common
          properties for each service and those can be
          set per service

Casper

Quote:> I seem to have problems with this new SMF - cannot quite get my head around why
> /etc/inetd.conf is converted to some XML format - things used to be nice and simple now they
> seem to be unecessarily complex, I'm sure there is a good reason for this but I've not

Say you wanted to disable telnet under Solaris <=9. First you need to
edit /etc/inetd.conf, then kill -HUP inetd (careful to remember the HUP or
you'll kill it off completely), then check /var/adm/messages to make sure
you didn't*it up.

Under Solaris 10?  Just run "svcadm disable telnet"

Maybe you just want to disable it until the next reboot? Solaris <=9 I
suppose you could do the above, and then edit the file again and uncomment
telnet but don't restart inetd (and hope that nobody else does).

Under Solaris 10?  Just run "svcadm -t disable telnet"

What about turning on TCP wrappers? Under S9 it needs lots of editing of
inetd.conf.  Under S10, "inetadm -M tcp_wrappers=TRUE"

Maybe you want to allow a non-root user to do some of the above?
Solaris 9 - forget it.  Solaris 10 - just add the relevant privledge to
their account.

In the early days of SMF (ie, when it hit Solaris Express) there were a lot
of people saying much the same thing as you. Now that people have played
with it, most are seeing that it _is_ a massive improvement over how
things were before.

  Scott

Comment: Would be nice if the Solaris 10 Companion CD included these files pre-built (in
/opt/sfw/var/...) after all the software is destined for Solaris 10. The README.SFWimap
makes reference to /etc/inetd.conf which is correct if the O/S were using it but is not
Solaris 10 ready without some messing around.

John

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Quote:> Maybe you want to allow a non-root user to do some of the above?
> Solaris 9 - forget it.  Solaris 10 - just add the relevant privledge to
> their account.

> In the early days of SMF (ie, when it hit Solaris Express) there were a lot
> of people saying much the same thing as you. Now that people have played
> with it, most are seeing that it _is_ a massive improvement over how
> things were before.

>   Scott

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