On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 01:38:53AM -0700, Curtis Hogg wrote: > i don't recall what port rpc.statd binds to, but what it is is a part of > the NFS system, so disabling rpc.statd, i think, will also break NFS > mounting on your side. you can still mount remote systems i think.
statd is bound to a random port on startup, it then registers itself with the portmapper. many/most rpc services behave this way, its quite annoying since it makes firewalling them next to impossible. > you might want to check your /etc/services to see if it says where > rpc.statd usually sticks itself. statd is not in /etc/services since its an rpc service. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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