Re: sunrpc service on port 111

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From
Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au>
Date
21 Jul 2000 02:53:11
Subject
Re: sunrpc service on port 111
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20000721195253.A76156@albury.net.au

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Thus spake Massimo De Giorgi (madg66@libero.it):

> What is that sunrpc service on port 111 for ?
> How can I enable/disable it ?

It's portmap, and is required if you run any software that makes RPC
calls (eg NFS).

If you don't need it, you can disable it by putting

portmap_enable="NO"

in /etc/rc.conf.


Nick.

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