In RHL 7.1 you can disable ports either by stopping the "service" that uses it (eg. sendmail uses port 25, so if you don't start sendmail then the port is not open) or by hashing out the appropriate port entry line in /etc/services file (eg. port 25). The best way, IMHO, is to do both.
RKA > Subject: Re: [LIH] How to disable a port > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 14:05:28 +0530 (IST) > From: Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Souri Ranjan Das wrote: > > |Hello Everybody > | I am using RH linux 7.1.Now i want to disable > | port 1080.I am trying different methods. > | But failed.Pl. advise so that i can disable it > > port 1080 is the socks proxy.... stop that service if you have it > installed. > > Kingsly _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
