Re: how to keep portmap from running?
"Anthony Campbell" <a.campbell@doctors.org.uk> writes:
> On 22 Nov 2000, Christoph Simon wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:59:52 -0800 (PST)
> > Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > bleah. how do i keep this program from starting on boot?
> > >
> > > i looked in /etc/init.d. can't even find a startup script for this thing!
> > > it's not in inetd.conf either. how does this thing get started?
> > >
> >
> > Have a look at /etc/init.d/portmap
> >
> > --
> > Christoph Simon
> > ciccio@prestonet.com.br
> > ---
>
> Is it a good idea to stop portmap from running? I did this a long time
> ago and it broke a lot of things (couldn't send or receive mail, as I
> remember).
In the past there have been a few security incidents with things
associated with portmap. I definately don't run it on my 24/7 system
that's connected to the internet. If you do use it make sure you use
tcp wrappers to secure it.
It should NOT affect email. The only thing I know of that uses portmap
is NFS.
Gary
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