Hello Andrew,

On Thu Jan 12 2017 06:15:30, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 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 other
 AL> operations on the system.

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

I guess I was just wondering if it would be easier performing the proper
checks on the locations of the files it needs to modify, rather than
checking for the specific distro name and version number. I just have no
idea whether or not the actual distro name and version number are used in
MBSE itself, or if it is just a set variable displayed to the sysop when
running SETUP.sh, which would then give reason as to why that check is
performed.

Regards,
Nick

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