Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:03:35 -0400 (EDT) From: James Egelhof <jegelhof@cloud9.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Jeremy <child@mctcnet.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to stop connections on port 512/513 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810162002310.8135-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161330120.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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You will get conections on port 512 from mail.local unless you configure sendmail to call mail.local with the -b flag. man mail.local for information on the flag. www.sendmail.org for information on making a new sendmail.cf file to incorporate the flag. -james On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Jeremy wrote: > > > Dear All > > > > I disabed exec and comsat serviecs in INETD and I turned on log in vain to > > check things out.... > > > > how can I stop my system from doing these strange connections? > > /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512 from 127.0.0.1:1982 > > /kernel: Connection attempt to UDP 127.0.0.1:512 from 127.0.0.1:1982 > > /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP 127.0.0.1:113 from 127.0.0.1:1819 > > The top two are from Big Brother. > The bottom one is identd trying to check on something. > > Doug White > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --- James Egelhof jegelhof@cloud9.net Cloud 9 Consulting, Inc. +1 (914) 696-4000 White Plains, New York http://www.cloud9.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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