From owner-freebsd-current Wed Aug 16 10:48: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mother.ludd.luth.se (mother.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBDF837C507 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:47:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pantzer@ludd.luth.se) Received: from speedy.ludd.luth.se (speedy.ludd.luth.se [130.240.16.164]) by mother.ludd.luth.se (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA00219; Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:47:54 +0200 (MEST) Message-Id: <200008161747.TAA00219@mother.ludd.luth.se> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Donn Miller Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp and /etc/services... In-Reply-To: Message from Donn Miller of "Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:39:33 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:47:54 +0200 From: Mattias Pantzare Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This is on a recently-built -current box. When I try to move ftp from > port 21 to port 2121 in /etc/services, I get a "Connection > refused" message when I try to login to anonymous ftp sites. Should ftp > be this dependent on /etc/services? What if you _have_ no services > running, e.g. inetd & portmap? Returning ftp to port 21 in services fixes > this problem. I posted earlier about my problems with ftp recently. Yes! From man 5 services: The services file contains information regarding the known services available in the DARPA Internet. For each service a single line should be present with the following information: If you wish to have your ftp-service on a diffrent port you simply tell inetd to use that port in inetd.conf. /etc/services is not only used by inetd. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message