On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:38:24 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote:
Michael Schwendt wrote:
Is setting up Samba or ntpd so much easier?
Are you living in the same universe like everyone else?
ntp can be launched immediately after it's installed. "service ntpd start" and it's working already.
Because these days a default setup is provided for it already at firstboot-time (and hence the same defaults can be provided in the package already, too). And it's a system-wide service.
# yum -y install openvpn [...] # service openvpn start Starting openvpn: [ OK ] # service openvpn start Starting openvpn: [ OK ] # service openvpn start Starting openvpn: [ OK ] [...] # service openvpn status openvpn: service not started [...] # service openvpn stop Shutting down openvpn: [ OK ] # service openvpn stop Shutting down openvpn: [ OK ] # service openvpn stop Shutting down openvpn: [ OK ]
Hint: Read the initscript header to find out what is missing.
# yum -y install hddtemp [...] # service hddtemp start Unconfigured: hddtemp, see /etc/sysconfig/hddtemp: [FAILED]
Samba may require setting up the workgroup at least, a couple more config items at most, then it's good to go. Or you can simply launch it as is and it will still work, albeit using the default workgroup. This is acceptable. This is very different from the situation with the EPEL clamav packages.
Ah, you would probably call the default openldap server setup "acceptable", too... truth is, these services require somebody to edit the config files if you want more than an "[ OK ]" to make you happy.