On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 02:31:04PM +0000, Randy Edwards wrote: > Can someone point me to some documentation or clue me into the netstd > reorganization? > > I understand that netstd was broken down into individual components, but > I sort of miss the old way, simply because I never learned all of what was > in netstd.
Whatever the netstd package now depends on is what used to be in netstd. > When netstd asked if I wanted to disable the "r" services, I just said > yes. Now I'm not sure of what services I actually *need* and which > ones I don't and I'd like to close down as many ports as possible. > Any advice on that score? TIA. The ones you need are the ones you use. The rest can probably be gotten rid of. Since you don't use the r services, you can get rid of any package netstd depends on that begins with the letter "r", with the possible exception of "routed" (which is not an r service). Beyond that, determine what you don't use and remove it. lsof with the -i option can tell you which ports are open, and by which processes. Note that ports open from inetd are configured in /etc/inetd.conf, and you should remove the offending lines from that file (and the program responsible for those lines). -- finger for GPG public key. 29 Nov 1999 - new email address added to gpg key
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