Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 04:27:09 +0200 (EET) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, rbreding@drizzle.theriver.nu Subject: Re: UDP Connections to port 512 Message-ID: <200011290227.eAT2R9f09551@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011262244340.51961-100000@drizzle.theriver.nu>
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* Ryan Breding <rbreding@drizzle.theriver.nu>:
>
> I keep getting these messages in the /var/log/message output:
>
> Nov 25 15:12:30 drizzle /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
> from 127.0.0.1:2844
> Nov 25 15:13:54 drizzle /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512
> from 127.0.0.1:2851
>
> I have checked on the UDP connections to port 512 and it seems that it is
> "biff". Is there a setting to turn biff off or am I on the wrong trail
> ? I dont see biff running in the process list.
What you are seeing is Sendmail trying to connect to the comsat service to
notify for new mail arrivals. This feature can be disabled in your .mc file
before you generate your sendmail.cf with:
FEATURE(no_default_msa)dnl
For more information on this, look at /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README:
- giorgos
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