Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 21:35:47 +0000 From: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> To: "Jamie Hermans" <freebsd@hermans.ca>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Request for addition to /etc/services Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.1.20011201212428.0351cfa0@popserver.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <000001c17aad$84c3cd40$6420a8c0@otidan>
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At 14:17 01/12/2001 -0700, Jamie Hermans wrote: >How does a person go about getting such an entry added to /etc/services? > >upsd 3305/tcp # upsd (ports/sysutils/nut - Network UPS Tools) Well, I'd imagine that the first step would be to make sure that IANA hasn't assigned that port to someone else: bash-2.05$ fetch -qo - http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers | grep 3305 odette-ftp 3305/tcp ODETTE-FTP odette-ftp 3305/udp ODETTE-FTP Once you've picked an unused port, you should register your choice with IANA (http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/usr-port-number.pl) to make sure that nobody else decides to use it. As other people have pointed out, the final step would be to send-pr a patch to include the appropriate new lines. Colin Percival To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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