Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:18:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Markus Holmberg <saska@home.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd listening on udp 514 even after user '-s' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161318250.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810141816330.502-100000@fysgr386.sn.umu.se>
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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Markus Holmberg wrote: > Hello.. > > The syslogd daemon is started up with the '-s' option, which should > *disable* remote logging. As I understand, it should not listen to UDP > packets then. But as the output below shows, it's still listening for > udp's on port 514.. Can anyone explain why? So it can tell you if someone is trying to abuse your syslog port. See the syslogd manpage. 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
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