Re: Problem while doing secure installation of solaris 8

From: phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 09/30/02 

From: phn@icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Date: 30 Sep 2002 20:45:19 GMT

Aniruddha <apal74@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Vladimir P. wrote:
>> Well, DT crap needs RPC which you probably disabled....
>> Look for *S??rpc in /etc/rc2.d/ ie 'ls -al /etc/rc2.d/*S??rpc'.
>> Rename it back to original or pull it out from CD or other S8 host
>> if you removed it... (/etc/rc2.d/S71rpc).

> Thanks a lot. I renamed S71rpc back to original and it worked.

As the name of this newsgroup is "comp.security.unix" i would suggest
you turn rpc off again !

If it's CDE that's been the motivation, replace it with a more modern
and certenly more secure window manager.

If you insist in keeping rpc running, set proper filters so they
won't be abused.

> Pal. 

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