On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 19:34:43 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote > Mike Vanecek wrote: > > On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:01:16 -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote > > > >>Mike Vanecek wrote: > >> > >>>Strange that it always picks a different port. > >> > >>FAM uses portmap, and most portmap services pick a somewhat > >>arbitrary port. > > > > I am not running portmap. However, starting sig_fam does start xinetd on a > > random udp port. Can sig_fam run without portmap? What happens to my system if > > I run neither? > > I can't test to tell you for sure, since I'm using NFS. If I were > to guess, I'd say that if you run sgi_fam without portmap, > applications that want to use it will be unable to do so. That is correct. I was running sig_fam without portmap and nautilus was not updating. I did not notice it since I am use to refresh. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
