Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:43:37 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Andrea Venturoli <ml.ventu@flashnet.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UDP Connections to port 512 Message-ID: <20001127194337.D5103@buffy.local> In-Reply-To: <200011271024.eARAObe11496@relay2.flashnet.it>; from ml.ventu@flashnet.it on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 11:24:23AM -0500 References: <200011271024.eARAObe11496@relay2.flashnet.it>
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 11:24:23AM -0500, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > ** Reply to note from Ryan Breding <rbreding@drizzle.theriver.nu> Sun, 26 Nov 2000 22:44:59 > -0600 (CST) > > > > 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. > > >From "man mail.local": > > If the ``biff'' service is returned by getservbyname(3), > the biff server is notified of delivered mail. > > > So, I just got rid of this by commenting biff in /etc/services. > > Bye > av. > Mmmm. Generally speaking you shouldnt really fiddle in /etc/services. Think of it as a sort of dictionary for applications. The one to stop biff, as I stated before, is to disable comsat in inetd.conf. Cliff > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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