On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 04:30:10 +0200, Jerome Werner wrote: > I'm using Debian unstable. I use gnome so I need FAM, which in turn needs portmap. > That's fine with me but I don't want portmap to listen on port 111. I > read man portmap and famd but didn't find what I was looking for? Also I > don't want to just block it with a firewall, I want to understand how to > stop it from the inside.
portmap uses tcpwrappers, so it will respect settings in /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny for /etc/hosts.deny, you should have ALL: ALL portmap: ALL and in /etc/hosts.allow portmap: 127.0.0.1 -- Stephen Patterson http://patter.mine.nu/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] remove SPAM to reply Linux Counter No: 142831 GPG Public key: 252B8B37 Caution: breathing may be hazardous to your health. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
