Re: portmap (was Re: SECURITY PROBLEM: autofs [all versions])
Junichi Uekawa wrote:
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> In Wed, 5 Jul 2000 18:25:28 -0400, de profundis Adam McKenna <adam-debian@flounder.net> cum veritate scripsit
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> adam-debian> What I'm trying to say is that of the current choices available to me for
> adam-debian> disabling portmap, none are particularly attractive. The least unattractive,
> adam-debian> which is changing all of the S* links to K* links in /etc/rc*.d is still not
> adam-debian> a great answer -- why should I litter up my file system with unnecessary
> adam-debian> symlinks?
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> Is this not possible with
> # update-rc.d -f portmap remove
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> ? Or am I missing something?
The problem with that is that upgrading the package restores the
symlinks. Making them K* links preserves them, but then there's
"symlink clutter"(?). Not really a big deal, imo, but I guess it hints
at a larger problem...
Christopher
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