Re: Local-only (non-ip) rpcbind(8)?

2022-11-18 Thread Michael van Elst
h...@spg.tu-darmstadt.de (Hauke Fath) writes: >> if (ipv6_only == 1 && >And here is where I naively would insert a commandline option flag to >disable all things non-local. Unless something like that already exists, >and I just didn't see it. >>

Re: Local-only (non-ip) rpcbind(8)?

2022-11-18 Thread Hauke Fath
On 11/18/22 6:54 PM, Michael van Elst wrote: When you specify hosts, rpcbind automatically adds 127.0.0.1 to the list of addresses, thus the duplicate. Yes, I got about that far, before coming here. ;) Here is what rpbind does: -> bind to local transport nconf =

Re: Local-only (non-ip) rpcbind(8)?

2022-11-18 Thread Michael van Elst
h...@spg.tu-darmstadt.de (Hauke Fath) writes: >Hi, >can rpcbind(8) be set up to only use local transport, as opposed to >binding to interfaces? >The closest I seem to come to that goal is by specifying '-h 127.0.0.1', >which results in a pointless >Nov 18 15:45:05 HOST rpcbind: cannot bind

Re: help with cron/rsync error message

2022-11-18 Thread Hauke Fath
On 11/18/22 12:20 PM, Steve Blinkhorn wrote: Anything to do with system configuration or services - mostly concentrated in /etc but also including, for instance, /var/cron/tabs - needs protection in the upgrade process. What would be ideal would be a process that never overwrites a customised

Local-only (non-ip) rpcbind(8)?

2022-11-18 Thread Hauke Fath
Hi, can rpcbind(8) be set up to only use local transport, as opposed to binding to interfaces? The closest I seem to come to that goal is by specifying '-h 127.0.0.1', which results in a pointless Nov 18 15:45:05 HOST rpcbind: cannot bind 127.0.0.1 on udp: Address already in use Nov 18

Re: help with cron/rsync error message

2022-11-18 Thread Steve Blinkhorn
Spot oon, thank you. The upgrade fro 7.x/8.x to 9.2 is proving by far the most gruesome I've been through (I started with 2.x IIRC). Because I use NetBSD as a public service delivery platform in remote data centres as well as for software development, standard network services and general office