On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 11:33:30PM -0400, LeaveMeHigh at aol.com wrote: > I think everyone is overthinking this. Generate a random port number, check > it against a services list (why do you need to read this from the filesystem, > just include it in the code itself or with the distribution), try to bind a > listening socket to it, and finally ask the user for confirmation (or not, > doesn't matter). That's all you have to do.
Services lists aren't portable. Also, not all systems have any sort of services list (MacOS boxen, for example). -- Travis Bemann Sendmail is still screwed up on my box. My email address is really bemann at execpc.com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 1004 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000828/95a05f14/attachment.pgp>
