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Re: how to keep portmap from running?



Gary Hennigan wrote:
> 
> "Anthony Campbell" <a.campbell@doctors.org.uk> writes:
> > 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).
> 
> In the past there have been a few security incidents with things
> associated with portmap. I definately don't run it on my 24/7 system
> that's connected to the internet. If you do use it make sure you use
> tcp wrappers to secure it.

Hi!
How is that done? (or where can I find info regarding this)

TIA
Thorsten

> 
> It should NOT affect email. The only thing I know of that uses portmap
> is NFS.
> 
> Gary
> 
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