Debian Ghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear Olaf, > Thank you for the reply! > I am not so sure I understand what RPC servers are.
Same here :-( > Does it have something to do with an NFS type service? Yes, I remember I had to put portmap in my /etc/hosts.allow to get NFS to work. I have ALL:ALL in /etc/hosts.deny. > I do not know that I use any RPC servers or services. That > is why I am considering turning down the sunrpc service. Thinking about this myself too, but I'm not sure what's gonna break. > Would this be wise? If you don't need it, yes. Just junk all servers you don't need. I'd even consider purging them ;-) > Thanks! No thanks. BTW, you cc'd to debin-user :-) > D. Ghost > > On 1 Sep 2000, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > Debian Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > D Ghost here, > > > I've searched and looked for documentation on what sunrpc is and what > > > starts/stops it in debian. I have checked inetd.conf and it is not started > > > in there. I want to not run this deamon. How do I "turn it off" ? > > > > This service is provided by `portmap'. Remove `/etc/rc?.d/S18portmap' > > to stop it from being started, but note that any RPC servers that are > > invoked will more than likely refuse to start or just simply crash. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
