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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