[caiman-discuss] Updated Slim Install CD package list posted

[Sanjay Nadkarni]

David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote:
>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Slim_Install/slim_annoucememts/
>>     
>
> There are a number of packages on the revised list which seem eligible
> to be moved to the repository.  Most of these are servers of some sort
> and it's not clear how useful they are from the Live CD context
> (although I could imagine some creative uses of the NFS server in this
> case).  Anyway, here's the list as I see it
>
> SUNWbsr		Boot Server daemons (Root)
> SUNWbsu		Boot Server daemons (Usr)
>
>  	Legacy network boot servers.
>
> SUNWbtool	CCS tools bundled with SunOS
>
>  	Tools used for development; since we're not including other
>  	such tools...
>
> SUNWcnsr	Common Network Services (Root): time, daytime, echo, discard,
> SUNWcnsu	Common Network Services (Usr): time, daytime, echo, discard,
>
>  	Trivial network services that seem to add new value in the live
>  	context.
>
> SUNWftpr	FTP Server, (Root)
> SUNWftpu	FTP Server, (Usr)
>
>  	I can understand the FTP client but not the server.
>
> SUNWlibmr	Math Library Lint Files (Root)
>
>  	Package contains only lint libraries.
>
> SUNWnfsskr	Network File System (NFS) server kernel support (Root)
> SUNWnfssr	Network File System (NFS) server support (Root)
> SUNWnfssu	Network File System (NFS) server support (Usr)
>
>  	NFS client support, definitely; NFS server in the live context,
>  	I'd like to hear about some use cases.
>
> SUNWsshdr	SSH Server, (Root)
> SUNWsshdu	SSH Server, (Usr)
>
>  	How often do people SSH into a system booted off a live CD?
>
> SUNWtnetd	Telnet Server Daemon (Usr)
> SUNWtnetr	Telnet Server Daemon (Root)
>
>  	Again, I can definitely see including the client but why the
>  	server?
>   

Note that whatever is on the live CD get's installed on the target 
system.  Therefore SUNWsshr and SUNWsshu are required.   Telnet I would 
like drop entirely.

-Sanjay

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