> "Joel N. Eusebio" wrote:
>
<snip>
> I did a portscan on one of my servers using nmap. I found out that I
> have a port open at 510. I've checked what process it is running on
> but I can't seem to find it. When I tried to connect to it's port
> using telnet.... it says:
>
> BSD rexecd version 2.8
> Password?
>
> From the man pages I found out that rexecd is a "remote execution
> server" . Any ideas on this one??? Thanks a lot.
>
> ---------------->jOEl
you sure it's not port 512 ? anyway, might as well turn off remote exec.
On most cases it's not needed and poses as a security risk. If you're
using inetd, edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment the line regarding exec ,
or lines with in.rexecd or rexecd ... then do not forget to restart
inetd
HTH,
-Mark
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