RPC llockmgr service

[Peter Gillis]

Hi,
ux11.00 op sys. Would someone please advise on the best way to disable this RPC llockmgr service? I am thinking of editing the /etc/rpc file - comment out the llockmgr line. Is there some other file I should be editing?
Thanks
Maria

[Michael Tully]

Hi Maria,

Apparently your supposed to add a 'deny' entry to the inetd.sec file. I've seen one post before on this and I remember that is what it indicated. The syntax could prove a challenge. I don't think just editing the /etc/rpc file is going to work. This file more or less works like /etc/services.

Cheers
Michael

[Michael Tully]

Hi Maria,

Using the /var/adm/inetd.sec file and the man page for 'inetd.sec' as an example to deny a service. The entries in the examples should help. Hopefully this should work.

llockmgr deny

Cheers
Michael

[Brian Hackley · Accepted solution]

Maria,

The NFS File Locking daemon rpc.lockd is what registers that port with the rpcbind. rpc.lockd is used by an NFS client and by the NFS Server. Further details can be found in the book "NFS Illustrated" by Brent Callaghan, the O'Reilly "Managing NFS and NIS" book, or "Optimizing NFS Performance" by HP Press.

If you are NOT using NFS, then stop the NFS Services from running. Use SAM or /sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop and /sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop, then edit disable it in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf by setting the NFS_SERVER=0 NFS_CLIENT=0

The earlier posts regarding /var/adm/inetd.sec do not apply to rpc.lockd since the NFS lock manager is not managed by inetd.

Hope that helps,

-> Brian Hackley