turning off smtp and sunrpc services
Just completed an apt-get dist-upgrade today, and after all the dust and
smoke settled I noticed that the smtp and sunrpc services are enabled. I
checked using nmap, and here is the output I got:
@phoenix:[/home/ssahmed] nmap localhost
Starting nmap V. 2.12 by Fyodor
Interesting ports on phoenix (127.0.0.1):
Port State Protocol Service
25 open tcp smtp
111 open tcp sunrpc
113 open tcp auth
1024 open tcp unknown
6000 open tcp X11
The line corresponding to smtp in /etc/inetd.conf is commented out:
#:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services.
#smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
I am running exim as my MTA but only for local delivery of mail. When I
first setup exim a month ago, I disabled smtp from /etc/inetd.conf since
I use my ISP's smtp server.
So, where is this (new) smtp server being started up from ? It wasn't
running prior to the apt-get dist-upgrade that I did today. And how do I
disable it ?
Ditto for the sunrpc service.
Thanks for any info.
--
Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
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