rquotad service
| rquotad (265) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Rquotad is an RPC server that returns quotas for a user of a local file system mounted by a remote computer over the Network File System (NFS). The rquotad service was detected as running. The rquotad daemon is normally invoked by inetd.
Platforms Affected:
- Compaq, Tru64
- Data General, DG/UX
- HP, HP-UX
- IBM, AIX
- Linux, Kernel
- SCO, SCO Unix
- SGI, IRIX
- Sun, Solaris
- WindRiver, BSDOS
Remedy:
Disable the rquotad service if it is not needed.
To disable the service:
- Edit the /etc/inetd.conf (or equivalent) file.
- Locate the line that controls the daemon.
- Type a # at the beginning of the line to comment out the daemon.
- Restart inetd.
Consequences:
Informational
References:
- CVE-1999-0625: The rpc.rquotad service is running.
Reported:
Not available
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