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Re: [ldm-users] Turning off RPC

Tyler Allison wrote:

> Personally, I'd rather see it assume 388 and fall back to
> portmapper/rpcbind in the event of 388 failure, but that's just me :)

That's the way the LDM actually works.

Accessing the portmapper (port 111) is only an issue if and when access
to port 388 is blocked for some reason (e.g., a firewall rule).

Regards,
Steve Emmerson
LDM Developer