On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:59, Robert L. Becker Jr. wrote: [..snip..] > One new question (there's always one more) concerns the port 10080 entries > that RedHat 7.3 set up for amanda in the new /etc/services file: > > amanda 10080/tcp # amanda backup services > amanda 10080/udp # amanda backup services > > I don't recall anything from the various versions of installation > instructions about setting up amanda for tcp on 10080. Can anyone comment > on the reason/effect of this entry? > > Robert L. Becker, Jr. > Col, USAF, MC > Department of Cellular Pathology > Armed Forces Institute of Pathology > Washington, DC 20306-6000 > 301-319-0300
Assuming amanda hasn't been modified to handle tcp, the effect of the entry is zilch. If a tcp service where to start listening to 10080 with this /etc/services in place, then utilities like netstat may incorrectly report the service as amanda, but nothing else. /etc/services merely associates service names with port/protocol pairs. I suspect someone was a little overzealous and assigned both port/protocol pairs to the same service. My /etc/services file lists www-http as both 80/udp and 80/tcp, but I have yet to find an http server that can service udp queries.
