You don't need to run the dsmcad technically speaking. You can just run a dsmc sched daemon or service.
> On Dec 18, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Henrik Ahlgren <pa...@seestieto.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:40:46PM +0300, Efim wrote: >> >> CAD opens random port because the option WEBPORT has default value "0 0" and >> CAD randomly assign a free TCPport (the first parameter for CAD, the second >> for WEB client). >> I think it’s impossible to prevent this. >> As workaround you can set fixed port(s) and close it using firewall. >> Example: WEBPORT 55000 0 or WEBPORT 55000 55001 > > Am I the only one that finds this design totally unacceptable? If > you're not using the webclient functionality and are only using > schedmode polling, I don't see any reason why dsmcad (often running as > root, so the security implications are obvious) should listen to a > network port. Perhaps there is something I am not aware of? > > One might think that setting tcpclientaddress to 127.0.0.1 (localhost) > would somewhat migitate this, but no - it does not have any effect if > you are not using schedmode prompted. Yes, of course it is always > possible to use host-based firewalls to close the ports, but it is a > workaround that really should not be necessary.
