Tammy Lyn <Tlyn@notformail.com> wrote:
> 1...My sound card is detected and works, however programs like
> Xmms/Amarok will not allow me to use their volume controls, I'm
> limited to the speaker volume controls. Both programs play and work
> fine but I can't use the programs volume/equalizer controls.

This is sound card specific, if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure
someone will be along to help you with this; if not, try posting a
dmesg.

> 2...Xorg is listening on port 6000. I don't need or want that. How to
> disable?

It doesn't actually accept data from anywhere unless you change things
with xhost(1) and the like. In short, this is harmless.

The way to stop this is passing -nolisten tcp to the X binary (see
Xserver(8)). How to do this will likely vary depending on how you start
X (usually xinit or startx). This might break stuff, though.

If you're really paranoid, you're better off configuring pf to block
access.

> 3...'netstat -an' is showing my computer is listening on several ports
> by default. How to disable sendmail etc?

sendmail(8) doesn't accept data from outside either, at least not by
default. See afterboot(8), under "Sendmail".

sshd(8) is also listening; make sure you either have a strong password
for all relevant accounts or disallow password logins altogether.

The rest are run by inetd(8), see /etc/inetd.conf.

Relax. OpenBSD is secure by default.

Joachim

P.S. What's with wrapping at 113 columns or some such nonsense? A
classical terminal is 80 characters wide, so wrap at 72 columns or less
to allow for some follow-ups.
P.P.S. Welcome to OpenBSD! Feel free to post any questions you have
either here or on misc@openbsd.org. Do read the FAQ, archives,
afterboot(8), and any other relevant man pages first (man -k may be
helpful). OpenBSD has very good documentation.