Soren Hansen wrote the following on 21.11.2007 13:23 > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:43:10PM +0100, Thilo Six wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo netstat -upna | grep dhclient >>> udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:* >>> 6708/dhclient >> ^^^^ >>> is it only accessible from inside? >> dhclient is no service > > It listens for DHCP responses and alters your network configuration as a > result of those responses. That counts as a service in my book.
My Firefox sends out a HTTP request and alters the viewed content as a result of this, but for sure i won´t call Firefox a "service". A service stays where it is a waits for *incomming* requests (dhcp*d*), a client walks out and *does* a request (dhclient). That´s my definition -- Thilo key: 0x4A411E09 -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
