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Re: how to keep portmap from running?



On 22 Nov 2000, Christoph Simon wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:59:52 -0800 (PST)
> Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> 
> > bleah.  how do i keep this program from starting on boot?
> > 
> > i looked in /etc/init.d.  can't even find a startup script for this thing!
> > it's not in inetd.conf either.   how does this thing get started?
> > 
> 
> Have a look at /etc/init.d/portmap
> 
> --
> Christoph Simon
> ciccio@prestonet.com.br
> ---

Is it a good idea to stop portmap from running? I did this a long time
ago and it broke a lot of things (couldn't send or receive mail, as I
remember).

Anthony

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