Re: [expert] Why is Mandrake/Redhat listening on tcp port 98?

[John Aldrich]

On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Interesting, I printed out /etc/services (on my RH 5.2 box) and there is
> no listing for linuxconf or port 98! (And yes my RH 5.2 box listens on
> port 98.)  /etc/services is the first thing I checked. 
> 
> BTW: I HATE linuxconf! I still use Control-panel as much as possible and
> will hate to see it's demise.
> 
Try "setup" as root from a console prompt, then go to
"services" and see if Linuxconf is there as one of the
default startup services. If it is, shut it down.
        John