rpcinfo -p always works on localhost as portmap accepts all connections from localhost. this and something else should be added to the manpage,though.from the README: "In order to avoid deadlocks, the portmap program does not attempt to look up the remote host name or user name, nor will it try to match NIS netgroups. The upshot of all this is that only network number patterns will work for portmap access control." this means that only ip address matching works in hosts.allow. no network name matching.
here's a patch: --- portmap.8.old 2006-08-15 15:03:48.594577672 +0200 +++ portmap.8 2006-08-15 16:25:38.000000000 +0200 @@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ portmap: 192.168. +hostnames or network names won't work. numerical notation has to be used. +localhost can not be denied, so do your teting from another host. + You have to use the daemon name .Nm portmap for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name). For the -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
