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Date:      Sat, 3 Nov 2001 21:22:13 -0700 (MST)
From:      FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com>
To:        Mark Miller <joup@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: getting fam to work w/ kde2.2.1
Message-ID:  <20011103212155.U27717-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011103142533.T27621-100000@soda.csua.berkeley.edu>

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KDE needs fam to work? I've disabled it here, haven't ran into anything
that didn't work. What exactly does fam do?

On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Mark Miller wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When I first started w/ freebsd (4.2-RELEASE) I followed the mantra of
> disabling everything that I didn't explicitly need-- inetd, telnetd,
> etc.  Among the list was portmap.  But now kde uses fam, and fam needs
> portmap.  Is it possible to run fam without portmap?  What are the
> security risks involved with keeping portmap running?  I've got a fairly
> strict /etc/hosts.allow file (only allows ssh connections from certain
> IPs, denies all other requests), is that enough?  What else can I do to
> secure portmap?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mark Miller
>
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