M. Fioretti wrote: > Hello, > > I have just ran nmap on a remote server with a minimal (or so I > believed) Centos 4.3 installation. Besides what I expected (ssh, > httpd, smtp) it found as open for listening these ports: > > Starting Nmap 3.95 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-06-14 17:57 CEST > Interesting ports on <my.remote.server> > (The 1667 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) > PORT STATE SERVICE > 445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds > 1720/tcp filtered H.323/Q.931 > > which programs are these, and why should they be part of a server install? How can I find them so I can uninstall them? > your /etc/services file should have info that you can always look at ( but its a text file, does not indicate whats actually running where.. ) to check for whats actually on there, use something like lsof ( the man page for lsof is very well done, a worthy read ). a Shortcut here : lsof -i :445 will tell you whats up with your port 445. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq