[Wolves] Why does Ubuntu want the CD to install portmap?

[Andy Wootton]

David Goodwin wrote:

> Andy Wootton wrote:
>
>> ...when I attempt to install
>> portmapper through synaptic or apt-get, they ask me to put the 
>> original Warty beta CD back in. I've included ever Ubuntu repository 
>> I know of and I don't have the CD any more. I've Googled but other 
>> people seem to have installed it THEN run into problems because 
>> portmapper only accepts 127.0.0.1 connections by default.
>
> Hi,
>
> 1) Ubuntu's portmap only listens on 127.0.0.1 by default for security 
> purposes (remember ubuntu aims to have no listening services by 
> default). You can tell if it's listening on 127.0.0.1 as "ps auxw" 
> will show a "portmap -i 127.0.0.1". (I suspect you edit 
> /etc/default/portmap to open it up, but can't remember for definite).

David,
I think you're right. There are a lot of people on the Net unreasonaby 
upset by this feature e.g. "I expect everything to work on install". 
They should talk to Microsoft. I'm worried that Linux is getting easy 
enough for idiots to use.

> 2) Check /etc/apt/sources.lst doesn't contain the CDROM entry. If it 
> does delete it or comment it out.

Yep. I actually did it from inside Synaptic. I'd never noticed that
screen before. I just unticked the CD entry.

Thanks,
Woo