Re: My system is trying to access someone else's
On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 10:39:07 +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> Jul 20 23:55:14 cats portmap[18955]: connect from 212.19.67.118 to
> callit(ypserv): request from unauthorized host
Looks like NIS.
>From /etc/yp.conf it looks like NIS does broadcasts to find a YP server,
unless one is specified in that file.
Are you sure you need NIS at all? It's typically used for managing large
departmental networks. If you don't need it, remove the "nis" package. If
you do need it, specify the server explicitly in /etc/yp.conf.
HTH,
Ray
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Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.
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