Okay, but *what program* is going to be listening??? I don't have slist installed.
Michael Martinez System Administrator (Contractor) Information Systems and Technology Management CSREES - United States Department of Agriculture (202) 720-6223 -----Original Message----- From: William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SLIST under linux? 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 _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
