Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services

[Sheldon Hearn]

On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:10:18 MST, Doug wrote:

> On some of the machines I administer I have some custom entries for
> /etc/services that make more sense than the defaults, especially for
> the ports > 1023.

Would you need these entries if inetd let you specify port numbers
instead of service names?

That behaviour is a function of laziness, rather than principle.  If I'm
correct in my suspicion that most people only meddle with /etc/services
to appease inetd's harvest of sown laziness, then the effort required to
change the current behaviour will be worthwhile.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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