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Date:      Thu, 27 May 1999 16:50:02 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        Andre Anneck <andre@anneck.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to check which ports are in use?
Message-ID:  <19990527165001.A4786@rainbow5.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199905270542.BAA34173@bellsouth.net>
References:  <199905270525.HAA16939@bbaer.muenster.de> <199905270542.BAA34173@bellsouth.net>

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W Gerald Hicks wrote:

>> Hi there,
>> can someone point me to the place where I can read about how to 
>> get information about which ports are currently in use?
> 
> Ports?   You mean software installed from the ports collection or
> something else?
> 
> 'pkg_info -a' will show gobs of information for the former...
> 
> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof && make install clean && man lsof
> should help with other types of 'ports'.

If he's talking about tcp/udp ports (as in the type listed in
/etc/services), `netstat -an | grep LISTEN' will show which of those
have a program listening for connections.

hopefully Andre will clarify what "ports" he's asking about.

-- 
Ben Smithurst
ben@scientia.demon.co.uk


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