rwhod errors

Hello,

As newbie I have setup a Linux gateway. On my Linux PC I have connected through
eth0 a XP machine. Now I get every three minutes the following error in
/var/log/messages:

Oct 17 16:19:44 dragonhill rwhod[2355]: sendto(192.168.1.255): Operation not
permitted

Can anybody tell me what go's wrong and how I can fix it?

Maybe don't start the rwhod deamon at boot or do I need it?

GG
Kees

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> As newbie I have setup a Linux gateway. On my Linux PC I have connected through
> eth0 a XP machine. Now I get every three minutes the following error in
> /var/log/messages:
>
> Oct 17 16:19:44 dragonhill rwhod[2355]: sendto(192.168.1.255): Operation not
> permitted
>
> Can anybody tell me what go's wrong and how I can fix it?
>
> Maybe don't start the rwhod deamon at boot or do I need it?

As root, issue the following to stop the daemon:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rwhod stop
To prevent rwhod from starting at boot, issue the following:
chkconfig --level 2345 rwhod off
Hopefully that will take care of business :) .
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In article <94Tjb.446$Ir4.259@newssvr23.news.prodigy.com>, Hank Kingwood wrote:
>> As newbie I have setup a Linux gateway. On my Linux PC I have connected
>> through eth0 a XP machine. Now I get every three minutes the following error
>> in /var/log/messages:
>>
>> Oct 17 16:19:44 dragonhill rwhod[2355]: sendto(192.168.1.255): Operation not
>> permitted
>>
>> Can anybody tell me what go's wrong and how I can fix it?
>>
>> Maybe don't start the rwhod deamon at boot or do I need it?
>
> As root, issue the following to stop the daemon: /etc/rc.d/init.d/rwhod stop
> To prevent rwhod from starting at boot, issue the following: chkconfig
> --level 2345 rwhod off Hopefully that will take care of business :) . --
> Hank
>

Thanks Hank for your answer,

So I don't need the daemon rwhod in my situation described above? In other
words I can shutdown it permanently?

GG
Kees

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>>>As newbie I have setup a Linux gateway. On my Linux PC I have connected
>>>through eth0 a XP machine. Now I get every three minutes the following error
>>>in /var/log/messages:
>>>
>>>Oct 17 16:19:44 dragonhill rwhod[2355]: sendto(192.168.1.255): Operation not
>>>permitted
>>>
>>>Can anybody tell me what go's wrong and how I can fix it?
>>>
>>>Maybe don't start the rwhod deamon at boot or do I need it?
>>
>>As root, issue the following to stop the daemon: /etc/rc.d/init.d/rwhod stop
>>To prevent rwhod from starting at boot, issue the following: chkconfig
>>--level 2345 rwhod off Hopefully that will take care of business :) . --
>>Hank
>>
>
>
> Thanks Hank for your answer,
>
> So I don't need the daemon rwhod in my situation described above? In other
> words I can shutdown it permanently?
>
> GG
> Kees

I'm not sure what your environment needs, but I'm guessing you don't
need rwhod since you're not sure. So, turn it off and keep it off. The
less stuff you have running, the fewer ports you have open resulting in
you being a harder target (not to be interpreted as a hard target...)
for bad guys scanning your box. If you find out you need it for
something in the future, turn it on :) .
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>>>As newbie I have setup a Linux gateway. On my Linux PC I have connected
>>>through eth0 a XP machine. Now I get every three minutes the following error
>>>in /var/log/messages:
>>>
>>>Oct 17 16:19:44 dragonhill rwhod[2355]: sendto(192.168.1.255): Operation not
>>>permitted
>>>
>>>Can anybody tell me what go's wrong and how I can fix it?
>>>
>>>Maybe don't start the rwhod deamon at boot or do I need it?
>>
>>As root, issue the following to stop the daemon: /etc/rc.d/init.d/rwhod stop
>>To prevent rwhod from starting at boot, issue the following: chkconfig
>>--level 2345 rwhod off Hopefully that will take care of business :) . --
>>Hank
>>
>
>
> Thanks Hank for your answer,
>
> So I don't need the daemon rwhod in my situation described above? In other
> words I can shutdown it permanently?

For rwhod, I'd say if you don't know if you need it or not, you don't
need it :) . I personally don't use it, but I don't know what your
environment is like. Do a "man rwho" and "man rwhod" to get some more
information on the service. Keep rwhod off for a while (if you are
maintaining your personal system only, which I'm guessing you are). If
nothing negative happens, keep it off.
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Hank

In article <Dt7lb.1217$TU2.404@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>, Hank Kingwood wrote:
>>>>As newbie I have setup a Linux gateway. On my Linux PC I have connected

[...]

>
> For rwhod, I'd say if you don't know if you need it or not, you don't
> need it :) . I personally don't use it, but I don't know what your
> environment is like. Do a "man rwho" and "man rwhod" to get some more
> information on the service. Keep rwhod off for a while (if you are
> maintaining your personal system only, which I'm guessing you are). If
> nothing negative happens, keep it off.

Yep, I did read man rwhod and noticed I don't need the services on my small
home network with two PC's, thanks again for your help.

GG
Kees

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