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From: Keith Matthews (keith_m_at_sweeney.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 10 2003 - 12:41:55 CST

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    On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:24:24 +0100
    Tomasz Papszun <tomek-postfixlodz.tpsa.pl> wrote:

    > [...]
    > > lsof -i produces the following results:
    > >
    > > [rootns1 sbin]# ./lsof -i
    > > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
    > > portmap 491 rpc 3u IPv4 920 UDP *:sunrpc
    > > portmap 491 rpc 4u IPv4 926 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN)
    > > rpc.statd 510 rpcuser 4u IPv4 1002 UDP *:32768
    > > rpc.statd 510 rpcuser 6u IPv4 1005 TCP *:32768 (LISTEN)
    >
    > Get rid off them (they are unrelated to postfix but insecure).
    >

    Probably something to do with Deadrat's bright idea that KDE/Gnome need
    fam and hence portmapper. Rick Pennington claims it has been set up
    securely but anything un-necessary is a security risk in my book.