Gary Hennigan wrote: > > "Anthony Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 22 Nov 2000, Christoph Simon wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:59:52 -0800 (PST) > > > Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > > > > 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 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]