Re: inetd.conf security Greg Andrews wrote:
> Roy Nielsen <rsn@lanl.gov> writes:
>
>>Could this cause instablility in the system?
>>
>># printer daemon...
>>printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/print/in.lpd in.lpd
>>
>
>
> Is the machine in question a print server? (I.e. does it receive
> print jobs from other machines on the network to give to the printer?)
>
> If the answer is yes, then you should not comment out the in.lpd line.
> Instead, consider using TCP wrappers to control access to in.lpd.
>
> If the answer is no, then you can comment out the in.lpd line with
> little or no trouble.
>
> -Greg
Same comment applies to the RPC services - do you really need walld?
I don't remember rpc.smserverd (is that the Sun admin tool?) but I
always disable it on my sparcs.
-fjb
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