Subject: Re: RE: [uwin-users] crypto10.dll missing in 2008-03-24
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> It took a LONG time to stop all UWIN processes.  The install package
> just kept repeating that it was trying to stop everything, but it never
> could.  I finally figured out that ums would not stop for some reason,
> so I had to kill -9 it.  What exactly is ums?  Why do I need it running.
> If I turn off all of the inetd services, why does inetd still run?  I
> never want to see inetd running on any system I manage.  Please
> completely disable this idiotic service.  I always have to turn off all
> of the useless r* and telnet services.  These services are nothing but
> open holes in the system and should not be propagated by anyone,
> especially since ssh is now available on UWIN.
> 
> Please remove the r* and telnet commands ASAP.
> 
> /Joe
> 
> 

The ums service runs /etc/rc, generates the /etc/passwd and /etc/group
file, and then handles setuid/setgid calls.

If you want to disable inetd, then modify /etc/rc.



Running /etc/stop_uwin should stop all the uwin processes.

David Korn
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