Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:16:39 -0500 From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: portmap Message-ID: <01010312142805.00440@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>
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Hi, I saw this in the security how-to at http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jkb/howto.html "By default FreeBSD comes with portmapper enabled. If you don't have a need for it: disable it. You will not have a need for portmap daemon if you are not using any programs which require RPC." And I saw other people ask in the archives if it is necessary and people said to read portmap(8) and that would tell you if it is necessary. It doesn't. I don't think I need any of the things mentioned there or in /etc/rpc, but how would I know? I install lots of ports to learn about things. Is there anything unexpected that could break if I put portmap_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf ? By unexpected I mean anything not in portmap or /etc/rpc or something that uses those that is not obvious. My guess would be no, but then why is portmap enabled by default? I don't want to start a flamewar here, but I'm genuinely confused. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you, Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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