Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 21:22:13 -0700 (MST) From: FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com> To: Mark Miller <joup@bigfoot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting fam to work w/ kde2.2.1 Message-ID: <20011103212155.U27717-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com> In-Reply-To: <20011103142533.T27621-100000@soda.csua.berkeley.edu>
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KDE needs fam to work? I've disabled it here, haven't ran into anything that didn't work. What exactly does fam do? On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Mark Miller wrote: > Hi, > > When I first started w/ freebsd (4.2-RELEASE) I followed the mantra of > disabling everything that I didn't explicitly need-- inetd, telnetd, > etc. Among the list was portmap. But now kde uses fam, and fam needs > portmap. Is it possible to run fam without portmap? What are the > security risks involved with keeping portmap running? I've got a fairly > strict /etc/hosts.allow file (only allows ssh connections from certain > IPs, denies all other requests), is that enough? What else can I do to > secure portmap? > > > Thanks, > Mark Miller > > > 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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