On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 you wrote:

And then give the user a choice of what demons it wants run,

Try editing the configuration file!

and then warn the user of the security risks involved with the running of that demon,

I don't think that this is always possible. Most (I hope so!) of the security related bugs are not known at the date of the distribution release.

possibly by directing them to some security documentation. Most users will be unaware of what demons are running,

True. That's not their job, its the job of your sysadmin.

and what those demons are, so they're unlikly to know about the security of them. More advanced users are less likly to use yast for getting demons started.

Why? Edit the config - see above...

Just an idea.

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