On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:

> Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote:
> > so what you're saying is that they're checking for the ipx ports on my linux
> > machine? Well, then if I comment them out from /etc/services, the problem is
> > solved, right?
> 
> I believe so.  Try commenting them out, and then run your ipx-checking C 
> program again.
> 
> Forrest
> 
You are joking, aren't you?  /etc/services gives ports names much in the 
same way as /etc/passwd gives names to user-ids or /etc/group does for 
group-ids or /etc/hosts for IP addresses.  A program can listen on a port 
whether it's named in services or not.




          Bill in Denver




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