At Sat, 4 Feb 2006 it looks like Matthew Seaman composed: > Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > > But when I go to check an see if the external port 514/udp is open I > > get nothing showing: > > > > ############################################################# > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]-> nmap localhost > > > > (The 1660 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) > > PORT STATE SERVICE > > 22/tcp open ssh > > 25/tcp open smtp > > 80/tcp open http > > > > ############################################################# > > Umm... by default nmap only scans /TCP/ ports. syslog is a /UDP/ service. > > Try sockstat(1) to see what network ports processes are listening on, and > use nmap like so to scan for UDP listeners: > > # nmap -sU -p U:1-8080 hostname > > Note that UDP scans intrinsically tend to take a lot longer than TCP scans -- > the nmap(1) man page explains why -- so don't try scanning too many ports at > once, or you'll be waiting years for a result. >
Thanks Matthew for the above example. I tried it and nothing came up as open. And my 'ps -auxw' output shows syslogd running with the "-s <ipaddr>" too. I wonder how to trigger that port to receive packets. Apparently syslogd believes all is well. :( TIA -- Bill Schoolcraft | Life's journey is not to arrive at the PO Box 210076 | grave safely in a well preserved body, San Francisco,CA 94121 | but rather to skid in sideways, totally http://wiliweld.com | spent, yelling "holy shit, what a ride!" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
