Re: how to keep portmap from running?
In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.21.0011221527270.29143-100000@belial.ucdavis.edu>,
Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>well, the thing is that /etc/init.d/portmap doesn't get run. symlinks to it
>from within the rc.\.d directories do. i guess i could just blow away the
>portmap script, and that might do it once and for all. but it's wierd how
>the thing gets run but isn't mentioned in the rc directories.
There are 2 ways portmap can get started:
1. Through a Sxxportmap symlink in /etc/rc?.d
2. Through /etc/init.d/mountnfs.sh
If you have an NFS mount in /etc/fstab, mountnfs.sh will start portmapper
at bootup because it's needed for the NFS mount. If you don't want
portmap, don't use NFS mounts.
Mike.
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