Re: Why is portmap installed by default?
Am 2006-08-20 14:49:53, schrieb kevin bailey:
> Why is portmap installed by default on a vanilla basic Debian Sarge install?
Sorry, but portmap is NOT installed...
This was changed from Woody->Sarge and I was surprised too,
that I had to install portmap my own
> As far as I can see this is mainly used by by NFS and NIS - so if we're not
> using either of these then why should it be installed.
It is not - and IF it is there, it was installed as Dependency.
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