On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 01:49:14PM -0400, Viri- wrote: > Hey I'm just trying to shut down a few services that I don't want > running on my system. I edited /etc/inetd.conf and got rid of most but > my HTTP smtp sunrpc (?) and 6000 (X11) are still open. I'd like to > make my system as secure as possible so I'd like to close these. But > where are they and how can I do that without reinstalling or something > that dramatic. This is a question better-suited to redhat-list, but here goes. The http port is probably being listened to by httpd; the smtp port is probably being listened to by sendmail. The sunrpc port is being listened to by the RPC portmapper. Shut down the "httpd", "sendmail", and "portmap" services to close them off. Disable httpd altogether by running "/sbin/chkconfig httpd off". Use similar commands for "sendmail" and "portmap". To keep X from listening, arrange for the server to be started with the "-nolisten tcp" argument (see the Xserver(1) man page). If you're using gdm, edit the gdm.conf file and add the argument to the right line in the [servers] section. If you're starting X from the console, check the startx(1) man page for how to pass arguments to the server. Nalin -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
