Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 07:16:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: des@flood.ping.uio.no, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: committers@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, sheldonh@uunet.co.za Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services Message-ID: <199908021116.HAA06757@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> writes: > > Sheldon Hearn scribbled this message on Aug 1: > > > Would you need these entries if inetd let you specify port numbers > > > instead of service names? > > I vote for allowing inetd.conf to specify a port number instead of a > > service name... it should be very easy to make the modification, and > > I'm willing to do all the work, assuming no one on -committers objects.. > > The correct way to do this is to fix getservbyname() so it accepts > port numbers. Are you sure this is what you want? It may allow an application to use a port number that would otherwise be invalid. Dan Eischen eischen@vigrid.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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