On Tue, 1 May 2001, Christian Lox wrote:
> I am planning to use Amanda to back up just one server.
> Is it possible to run Amanda without inetd, or at least to bind only
> to localhost.
> I want as little as possible open ports to the outside world...
If the only entry in your inetd.conf is for amandad, then you only
have one port open. If you want to restrict that to localhost you
could lock it down with tcpwrappers. Depending on what OS you're
using, tcpwrappers might even be built in to your inetd.
`man inetd`
`man inetd.conf`
`man tcpd`
-Mitch
