Listening daemons

[Howard Mann <howardm@xmission.com>]

Hi,

I have just installed Slink. I have shut down many services - via
/etc/inetd.conf - that I am familiar with and do not need.

This is a stand-alone home machine. I do not offer services.

At present, I have the following :

 /usr/sbin/lsof | grep LISTEN
portmap     129   root    4u  inet         35    TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN)
lpd         142   root    4u  inet         41    TCP *:printer
(LISTEN)
inetd       147   root    4u  inet         49    TCP *:discard
(LISTEN)
inetd       147   root    6u  inet         51    TCP *:daytime
(LISTEN)
inetd       147   root    8u  inet         53    TCP *:time (LISTEN)
inetd       147   root   17u  inet         62    TCP *:auth (LISTEN)
omniNames   149   root    5u  inet         64    TCP *:8088 (LISTEN)
omniNames   157   root    5u  inet         64    TCP *:8088 (LISTEN)
omniNames   158   root    5u  inet         64    TCP *:8088 (LISTEN)
omniNames   159   root    5u  inet         64    TCP *:8088 (LISTEN)
omniNames   160   root    5u  inet         64    TCP *:8088 (LISTEN)
xfs         161   root    4u  inet         68    TCP *:7100 (LISTEN)
XF86_SVGA   183   root    0u  inet         86    TCP *:6000 (LISTEN)

What is the purpose of "omniNames" ? Do I need it? Is it a security
risk?

I guess I do not need "portmap." I do not use NFS. What is the best
way to shut it off?

I'd appreciate any general comments as well.

Thanks,

Howard Mann.