dpkg -S portmap will tell you that portmap is included in the netbase package.
If you need other contents of netbase, > Question --> what is the best approach to stop > portmap from running on a Debian system? If you are hesitant to remove the symlink, edit the portmap script and put an exit as the second line. ---------------------------------------- Corwin J. Grey Techline, Inc. http://www.techline.com Engineering and Application Development ---------------------------------------- "What does this tell me? That if Microsoft were the last software company left in the world, 13% of the US population would be scouring garage sales & Goodwill for old TRS-80s, CPM machines & Apple ]['s before they would buy Microsoft. That's not exactly a ringing endorsement." -- Seen on Slashdot
