Description of problem: In /etc/hosts.deny is the paragraph: # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In particular # you should know that NFS uses portmap! However, the file is provided blank - there is no 'portmap line'. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): setup-2.5.58-4.el5 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Paragraph should be removed. Additional info: This is a followup to the (now closed) bug #157053 comment #2. Although the hosts.deny and hosts.allow files were corrected, the paragraph (as mentioned in comment 2 of #157053) was never removed.
As there is no portmap in Fedora rawhide, I removed that spurious comment from Fedora rawhide - built as setup-2.8.7-1.fc12. I'm not sure how the comment started it's existence, I tried to google it - but with no success... this comment is present in more relevant distros, was present even in the RHL 7.0 in 2000, so I guess it's quite old and obsolete thing. But mostly harmless ;) ...
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0198.html