On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote:
> > so what you're saying is that they're checking for the ipx ports on my linux
> > machine? Well, then if I comment them out from /etc/services, the problem is
> > solved, right?
>
> I believe so. Try commenting them out, and then run your ipx-checking C
> program again.
>
> Forrest
>
You are joking, aren't you? /etc/services gives ports names much in the
same way as /etc/passwd gives names to user-ids or /etc/group does for
group-ids or /etc/hosts for IP addresses. A program can listen on a port
whether it's named in services or not.
Bill in Denver
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