The only thing without a # sign in my inetd.conf is telnet. I even renamed
my rexecd and rexec hoping that it would disable that port 510. :)
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Mark Anthony J. Mercado wrote:
> > "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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