Sunlink mapper service

Risk Level: Low risk vulnerability  Low

Check or Attack Name: Sunlink Mapper

Platforms: Unix
Description:

The sunlink mapper service was detected as running. The sunlink_mapper service is a part of the SunLink X.400 implementation for connecting normal SMTP-MIME mail systems to X.400 networks. The sunlink_mapper process registers itself with the RPC portmapper as program 100033. This service should be disabled if you do not use the SunLink X.400 implementation on your network.

Remedy:

Disable the sunlink mapper service if it is not needed.

To disable the service, follow these steps:

  1. Edit the /etc/inetd.conf (or equivalent) file.
  2. Locate the line that controls the daemon.
  3. Type a # at the beginning of the line to comment out the daemon.
  4. Restart inetd.
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