Am Do, den 18.03.2004 schrieb George Lemos um 04:13:
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> > No! Do not edit the /etc/services file! Leave it untouched.
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> QUESTION: Since we are on this services file topic for the moment, if there
> ever a time we DO edit the services file? Do programs we install edit it? I
> must think that we do edit it manually at some point. I thought for sure I
> would have to put something in there for the use of xinetd.
You will only have to edit /etc/services file if you i.e. want to let
run a daemon process on an unspecified port which itself reads from
services. To give you an example: on my router I am running the rcapid
on port 2661, controlled through xinetd. As the xinetd checks the
service ports from the services port I had to include the corresponding
line for port 2661 TCP in the /etc/services file.
A different case might be that you for serious reasons want to change
the port on which a defined services has to run. Then you must modify
the entry in the services file too. But this is typically a very rare
case. Nothing you should think over as a beginner :)
Alexander
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