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From: George Cox <gjvc@extremis.demon.co.uk>
To: Zander Collier <zcollier@cncx.com>
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Subject: Re: Shutdown sunrpc service?
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On 14/02 10:31, Zander Collier wrote:

> I am attempting to tighten up a server I've recently put into service and
> would like to know how I disable the sunrpc service (udp and tcp, port 111).

'man rc.conf', read /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and insert the following line
into /etc/rc.conf

  portmap_enable="NO"


> Obviously syslog needs to run; is there any way to stop it from
> listening?  Or am I being overly cautious?

'man syslogd'  look at the -a switch

  syslogd_flags="-a 127.0.0.1/8"

will only accept packets from localhost


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[gjvc]


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