On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Jared Brick wrote:

> Is there a way around portmapper on 7.2? It seems that Nautilus/KDE both use 
> the File Alteration Monitor which is dependent on portmap...is there a way 
> around this so that I would not have to run portmap?

No, it's an RPC application.  If you're worried about security, configure 
firewall rules to block access to the portmapper on your network 
interfaces, or (and?) configure tcpwrappers to deny access to all but 
localhost.

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        I'd have one dollar. - Squidward to SpongeBob



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