Re: sunrpc

[Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf@epkowa.co.jp>]

Debian Mail <debian@ghost.net.cfw.com> writes:

> D Ghost here,
> I've searched and looked for documentation on what sunrpc is and what
> starts/stops it in debian. I have checked inetd.conf and it is not started
> in there. I want to not run this deamon. How do I "turn it off" ?

This service is provided by `portmap'.  Remove `/etc/rc?.d/S18portmap'
to stop it from being started, but note that any RPC servers that are
invoked will more than likely refuse to start or just simply crash.

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Olaf Meeuwissen       Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development