"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. It should NOT affect email. The only thing I know of that uses portmap is NFS. Gary
