Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:53:40 +0200 From: Mel Flynn <rflynn@acsalaska.net> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Cc: Olli Hauer <ohauer@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports registering services in /etc/services and services_mkdb Message-ID: <4FD0EAA4.2020504@acsalaska.net> In-Reply-To: <4FD0C1EA.6040209@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FD0BC9E.1090504@FreeBSD.org> <4FD0BED3.9090009@FreeBSD.org> <4FD0C1EA.6040209@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Olli, On 7-6-2012 16:59, Olli Hauer wrote: > I don't think it is practical to patch all the ports like > like bacula , spamd and others to not use getservbyname > and hardcode the required ports? I've got a preliminary patch that I'm going to submit upstream that enables services support in net/nss-pam-ldapd. Services aren't as flexible as users/groups in that you can assign ranges for different NSS sources, thus running services_mkdb may in fact interfere with a site's infrastructure if the particular service has already been defined on a different port. Maybe it's wiser to standardize a pkg-message string? Also, one should never touch /etc/services if nsswitch.conf does not contain compat or files and finally, adding a single service without /etc/services using services_mkdb is not currently possible. -- Mel
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