Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:47:55 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: service file Message-ID: <20011106234153.I520-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> In-Reply-To: <20011106213145.74148.qmail@web20104.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, ann kok wrote: > Hello all > > I am wandering what is the function of the file > 'service' Well, /etc/services contains the name of well-known network services and their officially assigned IP numbers. > I can run the openldap '389' and don't need to add the > port in the service file. The file only contains the official port(s) that any given service normally runs on. It is, however, basically possible to let any service run at any port. Example: Although a POP3 mailserver runs on / listens to port 110 by default (and according to official standard), you can theoretically bind a POP3 server to any port. Hope that helped. Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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