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by **royber** » Tue, 06 Feb 2001 15:31:32

I found these lines in my /var/log/messages.

Feb 4 13:41:19 C726833-A portmap[2303]: connect from 209.194.44.35 to
getport(status): request from unauthorized host

Feb 4 16:54:20 C726833-A portmap[2402]: connect from 128.2.18.78 to
getport(status): request from unauthorized host

Feb 4 17:23:19 C726833-A portmap[2411]: connect from 63.204.241.249 to
dump(): request from unauthorized host

According to the man page for portmap, /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny
controll access to this service. I have the following in hosts.deny:

ALL: ALL

and this in hosts.allow:

ALL: 192.168.0.0

Have theses connections been rejected? Also, do I even need this service
running, and if not, how do I disable it?

by **Luke Voge** » Tue, 06 Feb 2001 20:56:31

> Have theses connections been rejected? Also, do I even need this service
> running, and if not, how do I disable it?

If you are asking the question about whether or not you need the
service, the probability is that you dont.

To turn it off, /etc/rc.d/init.d/portmapper stop

to keep it off, you need to remove it from the initscripts (otherwise
it'll start up at boot time again.)
I think the command is:
chkconfig portmapper off

man chkconfig makes good reading ;)
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