[7868] in Athena Bugs
Re: netstat
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (probe@MIT.EDU)
Sat Aug 3 01:36:38 1991
From: probe@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 91 01:36:23 -0400
To: tytso@athena.mit.edu
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU, release-73@MIT.EDU, tom@MIT.EDU
Let's turn the question around again... it has not been on the root for
a few releases now. We have been at the "max" point for a while.
One thing that could be removed is /etc/ifconfig, if it is still on the
root, because netconfig is used instead (and /etc/route, but that is
probably pushing your luck if any extra routes get added and you need
to delete a route).
Btw, I am not sure if removing ifconfig is a great idea, either. If you
need to reconfigure the local loopback, or something, netconfig does not
offer all the options of ifconfig.
I'd love to get rid of galatea, except that it is a local daemon that is
run on some machines, and removing it on some and not others still leaves
us tight for space on those machines. I always think of it as a video
workstation daemon, but I have been told that it is a general controlling
daemon with no ties into specific hardware.
-R
