Subj : MBSE
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Thu Jan 12 2017 07:14 am

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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