From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 23 20: 9:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C8D437B401 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:09:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70A643E65 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:09:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from daleco@daleco.biz) Received: from DaleCoportable [12.145.236.211] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.13) id A3F8344E006A; Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:07:36 -0500 Message-ID: <007501c27b0a$add4f7a0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> From: "DaleCo Help Desk" To: "Peter Leftwich" , "FreeBSD Questions LIST" References: <20021023194624.L499-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> Subject: Re: Port 514 unsafe? open to outside? Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:08:50 -0500 Organization: DaleCo, S.P.---"the solutions people" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Leftwich" To: "FreeBSD Questions LIST" Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 9:48 PM Subject: Port 514 unsafe? open to outside? > # grep 514 /etc/services | grep shell > shell 514/tcp cmd #like exec, but automatic > > I ran `nmap` on my local IP and the only "interesting" port it found was > 514. What is this port? I don't understand "shell," and "cmd." > $'man rshd' And that said, if you don't want it on, perhaps you should turn it off ....it must be enabled in /etc/inetd.conf. Comment it out and -HUP the inetd process.... > How do I find out if sendmail is trying to work "inboundedly?" I know it > works outbound because I am about to send this message ;-] > Not sure what you're asking. If you're receiving mail, sendmail by default puts it in /var/mail, in an appropriately titled file. That, I believe, it the standard config..... Kevin Kinsey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message