Re: [SLUG] what are nmbd connections doing ?

["Jon Austin" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike,

> Aug 27 21:32:51 b4114a nmbd[220]: connect from 138.25.82.127
> 
> So I looked up service 220 from /etc/services and got this:

nmbd[220] refers to

processname[process id]

So nmbd would have been running with a PID of 220.
 
> So have I got this right? My NetBios name daemon has had a connection
> request from 138.25.82.127 and it HAS allowed that connection. 
> How does this relate to the imap mail service? I dont really know what
> NetBIOS does.

No relation, just confusion over Process ID / Port numbers.

jon@devserver:~$ cat /etc/services|grep netbios-ns
netbios-ns      137/tcp                         # NETBIOS Name Service
netbios-ns      137/udp

I would remove nmbd (which is part of Samba - an implementation
of the Windows 'file/printer sharing' service) if you are not using it.

Best regards,

Jon