You lose GUI auth. tcpwrappers is a quick stop, until you can patch, if 
you want to use the GUI.

-Steve-
~~~~~


Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com wrote:

> What's the penalty for just disabling the port in the /etc/services or 
> /etc/inetd.conf files?
>
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> Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup (possible root) Exploit 
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>  
> Better get patching! J
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