On 2017 Jan 12 07:14:56, you wrote to Andrew Leary:

 AL>> MBSE is tightly integrated with the host OS.  It needs to be able to
 AL>> create user accounts, change passwords, etc.  During the SETUP.sh
 AL>> process, it needs to modify /etc/services, /etc/inetd.conf and/or
 AL>> /etc/xinetd.conf, etc.  The tests in SETUP.sh help determine the
 AL>> proper steps to ensure that the BBS works without disrupting any
 AL>> other operations on the system.

 NB> Most, if not all of what you mention above, seems fairly standard in
 NB> any Linux distribution (or am I missing something?). I was merely
 NB> wondering about the check for the specific distro and version number,
 NB> and what it would possibly be used for.

consider if you are installing on debian... in older versions you would set
things up one way... in newer versions you have that systemd shit to deal
with and maybe even both, old and systemd... knowing the distribution and
version number of that distribution make it a lot easier to know what to do
and in which order to do them...

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