On Wed, 10 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Security will most likely consist of:
>> - turning off all "r" services (actually commenting out
>> everything in /etc/inetd.conf)
>
> Just a general sysadmin question:
> If everything in /etc/inetd.conf is going to be commented out,
> why run inetd at all?
No need to. In fact, I do have inetd(8) disabled on some of the systems I
administer. However, if the OP meant commenting just the BSD "r" services out
of inetd.conf, and leaving (e.g.) ftpd in there, you would still need to run
inetd, of course.
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Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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