Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 13:21:07 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services Message-ID: <79378.933592867@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "02 Aug 1999 13:19:01 %2B0200." <xzppv162zx6.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On 02 Aug 1999 13:19:01 +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Would this not still require modifications to /etc/services for services > > not already mentioned in that file? > > Allow me to re-quote the message I answered: > > > I vote for allowing inetd.conf to specify a port number instead of a > > service name... I think that's exactly what Daniel's getting at. If we fix this in inetd, we get what we want. If we fix this in getservbyport() we may get something that we don't want, namely applications that relay on the existing behaviour of the function stop working as intended. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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