Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:03:08 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: Jose Marques <noway@nohow.demon.co.uk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmapper flags? Message-ID: <20010830100308.A2995@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010829182507.P40625-100000@nohow.demon.co.uk>; from noway@nohow.demon.co.uk on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 06:31:18PM %2B0100 References: <20010828164720.A29316@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> <20010829182507.P40625-100000@nohow.demon.co.uk>
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* Jose Marques <noway@nohow.demon.co.uk> [010829 18:33]: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Rasputin wrote: > > > Am I missing something here? > > >From the portmap man page: > > Note: that when specifying ip addresses with -h, portmap will > automatically add 127.0.0.1 to the list so you don't have to. > > So I guess if you say "-h 127.0.0.1" then it adds "127.0.0.1" to the list, > therfore that address appears twice, hence the error? If so I think this > is a bug as it prevents one from telling portmap to listen on lo0 > interface only Do you know, I actually bit the bullet and read the portmapper code for this, and it looked like that down there too. Cheers - wow, this might be my first patch! > (useful if one uses wordperfect for Linux from the ports - > which needs portmap running otherwise it hangs on start-up). fam is another one - I was trying to get enlightenment 0.17 to run from CVS code (and I would have gotten away with too, if it wasn't for those pesky RPC processes) > Note: portmap pays attention to the contents of the "/etc/hosts.allow" > file so one could restrict access that way. Good plan. It's firewalled off anyway, but listening on remote sockets makes me twitchy. -- If God is dead, who will save the Queen? Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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