How dangerous is it to remove rpc.portmap, rpc.bwnfsd, rpc.mountd, rpc.nfsd, rpc.pcnfsd, rpc.rstatd, rpc.rusersd, rpc.rwalld, and rpc.ugidd? I'm trying to setup a semi-closed box running nothing but a few terminal server utilities and want to only accept telnet and ftp connections from a few hosts. I noticed that there were a few rpc services starting at boot time, so I moved the binaries out of /usr/sbin and into another directory. Now inetd doesn't start at boot time because this line in /etc/init.d/netbase; test -f /usr/sbin/rpc.portmap || exit 0
I can get around this by simply replacing netbase with my own script that fires up inetd. My question is, am I doing something I shouldn't? Are things going to be breaking on my box from not having these daemons running? Any advice would be appreciated. mike... Micro$oft, what do you want to spend today? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .