On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 01:58:42PM +0100, Marcus Geiger wrote: > I tried to disable all 'unsecure' network-services on my machine. I started > with commenting out the rpc-based entries in /etc/inetd.conf. > But when I'am doing a netstat -a, it seems that those services still are > hanging around listening. Ok I cannot start any of those services (tried it > with e.g. rsh). > > Is this normal Or should I do something completly different ? > In my local network I want telnet. > And 'normal' I want: ssh, smtp, nntp, talk.
Did you restart inetd after editing inetd.conf? (With "killall -hup inetd"?) Some other rpc services (like nfs and the portmapper) are started in /etc/init.d/netstd_*, you might want to edit those too. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
