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From: peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much)
Subject: Re: /etc/services
Organization: Buero fuer Sektenforschung und Qualitaetspruefung in der Esoterik
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References: <41gtu9$knu@news.bu.edu> <87virn9aoy.fsf@hrothgar.mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 01:54:28 GMT
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In article <87virn9aoy.fsf@hrothgar.mindspring.com>,
Robert Sanders  <rsanders@mindspring.com> wrote:
>On 24 Aug 1995 04:07:37 GMT, mi@cs.bu.edu (Mikhail Teterin) said:
>
>> If for any reason you wish to put the same service on more then one
>> port you have to name it differently for every port, and then list that
>> name in /etc/inet.conf, specifying the path to the executable, etc.
>
>Just to reach greater clarity, could you show how you expected it to
>work?

Where are the symbolic names used internally? Aren't they mere mnemonics?

Peter
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