Re: [Lug-Nuts] NNTP & Red Hat 5.2

From: Mike Machado (mike@linus.cheapnet.net)
Date: Sat Sep 04 1999 - 23:44:35 PDT


It's called innd and it should be under your /etc/rc.d/init.d directory as
either inn or innd, I would first run inn stop and then either delete the
startup script or move it to another location...

Also, removing the innd package will take care of it too :-)

Jim

On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Harry Souders wrote:

> > looked in the rc directories and did not see any NNTP stuff. How do I get
> > rid of NNTP??
>
> Heck, I don't know!
>
> However...
> This might help:
>
> grep is a wonderful tool. You might want to grep around your /etc/
> directory for NNTP. Something as simple as 'grep NNTP *' or 'grep
> nntp *' might help you out.
>
> rgrep is another terrific tool. In a nutshell it's recursive grep.
> Basically, it will also search through sub directories.
>
> Doing an "rgrep nntp *" from my /etc/ directory returned:
>
> services:nntp 119/tcp readnews untp
>
> So, basically editing the /etc/services file and commenting out the
> nntp line should disable nntp on port 119 (please correct me of I am
> wront on this).
>
> Another place to search would be your /etc/init.d/ directory. I am
> much more familiar with bsd systems that SysV, but I am pretty sure
> most of the start-up scripts are in this directory. Perhaps a little
> grepping around will find the program you are looking for.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> -----------------------------------
> Harry Souders - hsouders@pacbell.net
> -----------------------------------
>

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