[NTLUG:Discuss] Can sendmail listen on multiple ports?

[Randall Gibson]

No, I definetely meant /etc/services I have changed things in that file so
that things are not on the "Default" port anymore, to help security over
the internet. So, if you dont know what port to telnet to on my computer,
you will have a hard time. Course I should just go to ssh, but I am lazy,
and dont know if there is a windows client for it.


On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:09:44 Rusty Haddock wrote:
> Randall Gibson wrote:
>     >You may want to try editing /etc/services file to see if that will
> change
>     >the port. You have to do a 'killall -HUP inetd'  if you change
> anything.
> 
> Nyet!!!  /etc/services is basically for the name/number translation for
> IP
> port numbers.  It's presence and contents allows a user to do this:
> 
>     	telnet localhost smtp
> 
> without knowing that smtp is port 25.  You're probably thinking of
> /etc/inetd.conf but what you suggest won't work since sendmail is
> a daemon that's generally started on it's own, not by 'inetd(8)'. 
> OK?  Cool!
> 
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