Hi, today I discovered a package "portmap-5beta-54" installed on only one of our computers here. I do not remember I've installed it, and it does not exist on any other host. It claims to be a SuSE package from series n, but I haven't found it neither on my 6.4 CD's, nor in the updates for 6.4 on the SuSE server. Possibly, some student who works for me has installed it, but I can't reach him for some days. Can someone tell me if this is a SuSE package and what it is needed for? I mean, I know it's a portmapper ;-) But do I need it on SuSE 6.4 for anything? Best regards, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner mailto:fst@informatik.uni-kiel.de Lehrstuhl f. Programmiersprachen mailto:fsteiner@web.de CAU Kiel, Olshausenstraße 40 Phone: +49 431 880-7265, Fax: -7613 D-24098 Kiel, Germany http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst/
On Wednesday 18 April 2001 12:10, Frank Steiner wrote:
Hi,
today I discovered a package "portmap-5beta-54" installed on only one of our computers here. I do not remember I've installed it, and it does not exist on any other host. It claims to be a SuSE package from series n, but I haven't found it neither on my 6.4 CD's, nor in the updates for 6.4 on the SuSE server. Possibly, some student who works for me has installed it, but I can't reach him for some days.
Try 'rpm -qi portmap-5beta-54', it will tell you where it was built and such stuff. Of course, it could be lying to you (if its a modified package), but in that case you have worse problems than this.
Can someone tell me if this is a SuSE package and what it is needed for? I mean, I know it's a portmapper ;-) But do I need it on SuSE 6.4 for anything?
You'd need it for NFS, mostly. And some other, less-frequently used services. Portmap is something you definitely do NOT want running, unless absolutely necessary... Maarten
Hi Maarten van den Berg wrote:
On Wednesday 18 April 2001 12:10, Frank Steiner wrote:
Hi,
today I discovered a package "portmap-5beta-54" installed on only one of our computers here. I do not remember I've installed it, and it does not exist on any other host. It claims to be a SuSE package from series n, but I haven't found it neither on my 6.4 CD's, nor in the updates for 6.4 on the SuSE server. Possibly, some student who works for me has installed it, but I can't reach him for some days.
Try 'rpm -qi portmap-5beta-54', it will tell you where it was built and such stuff. Of course, it could be lying to you (if its a modified package), but in that case you have worse problems than this.
Can someone tell me if this is a SuSE package and what it is needed for? I mean, I know it's a portmapper ;-) But do I need it on SuSE 6.4 for anything?
You'd need it for NFS, mostly. And some other, less-frequently used services. Portmap is something you definitely do NOT want running, unless absolutely necessary...
Isn't it also needed for NIS ?
Maarten
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On Wednesday 18 April 2001 12:45, Gerd Bitzer wrote:
Hi
You'd need it for NFS, mostly. And some other, less-frequently used services. Portmap is something you definitely do NOT want running, unless absolutely necessary...
Isn't it also needed for NIS ?
Yep. I thought this qualified as "less-frequently used" but I'm stepping on some toes now probably... ;-) Maarten
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