On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 09:28:47AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > The detail you point out is IP-specific. On the other hand, > the 'services' file is protocol independent (yes, it mostly > only contains IP-related entries nowadays), and valid port > number range could be different in some protocols. So, > it's not really appropriate (IMO) to change this man page. > (See by the way ip(7), where the 'u_int16_t' data type makes > clear the 16-bit nature of the port number for IP).
ok, thanks for the explanation. Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]