On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How dangerous is it to remove rpc.portmap, rpc.bwnfsd, rpc.mountd, > rpc.nfsd, rpc.pcnfsd, rpc.rstatd, rpc.rusersd, rpc.rwalld, and rpc.ugidd? > I'm trying to setup a semi-closed box running nothing but a few terminal > server utilities and want to only accept telnet and ftp connections from a > few hosts. I noticed that there were a few rpc services starting at boot > time, so I moved the binaries out of /usr/sbin and into another > directory. Now inetd doesn't start at boot time because this line in > /etc/init.d/netbase; > test -f /usr/sbin/rpc.portmap || exit 0 > > I can get around this by simply replacing netbase with my own > script that fires up inetd. My question is, am I doing something I > shouldn't? Are things going to be breaking on my box from not having > these daemons running? Any advice would be appreciated.
I have a similiar arrangement that has been working for about a month now. No problems but I'm using it simply as a firewall. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
