On Wednesday 18 February 2004 10:02, Kurt Sabathy wrote: > > as quick as you answered as quick was my test: > > > $ nslookup localhost > > Server: 192.168.1.1 > Address: 192.168.1.1#53 > > Non-authoritative answer: > Name: localhost > Address: 127.0.0.1 > > > $ grep -nr disable /etc/xinetd.d/* > /etc/xinetd.d/amanda:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/amandaidx:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/amidxtape:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/chargen:17: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/chargen-udp:9: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/comsat:10: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/cups-lpd:5: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/daytime:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/daytime-udp:7: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/dbskkd-cdb:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/echo:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/echo-udp:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/eklogin:12: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/finger:11: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/gssftp:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/imap:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/imaps:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/ipop2:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/klogin:12: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet:12: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/kshell:12: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/ktalk:6: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/ntalk:7: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/pop3s:12: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/rexec:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin:13: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/rsh:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/rsync:6: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/services:11: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/swat:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/talk:7: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/telnet:12: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/tftp:14: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/time:16: disable = yes > /etc/xinetd.d/time-udp:17: disable = yes > > that means there are no enabled services to disable? Are there > other things to check? Not necessarily, since a service listed in xinetd.d will run if there is no disable statement in it's corresponding configuration file. A couple of ways to check: "grep -L disable *" to find unspecified (running by default) services "netstat -lp | grep xinetd" to find service being run via xinetd Regards, Mike Klinke