[clue] ubuntu precise portmap enablement

Raymond DeRoo rderoo at deroo.net
Wed Apr 15 10:25:32 MDT 2015


David,


> So close. That article fills the ring around the bulls-eye with holes, by telling me how to enable or disable, start or stop, and even status (which only returns current running/stopped), but fails to hit it.
> 
> To be clear, I want to 'get' whether the service is enabled, not 'set' it.
> 
> In redhat'ish distros, I would: chkconfig --list some-service
> 
> But I'm unable to find the match for that in debian'ish distros. Specifically, how do I do this in Ubuntu Precise?

Your confusion is coming from that portmap isn’t a service that normally runs. Rather it’s one of the inetd services which are launched when requested. HTH

Kind regards,
Raymond


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