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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: /etc/services Message-ID: <id.DHYM1.YFC@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <41gtu9$knu@news.bu.edu> <41htce$91l@news.bu.edu> <41k1vt$dsa@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <41v73r$rjr@news.bu.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 20:48:19 GMT Lines: 12 In article <41v73r$rjr@news.bu.edu>, Mikhail Teterin <mi@cs.bu.edu> wrote: > Do not bother if this is annoying, but why can not one server be asso- > siated with more then one port? It can be. All /etc/services is is a mnemonic device for programs like inetd and telnet. Telnet will happily talk on any port you want and telnetd will happily talk on any port that inetd asks it to... -- Peter da Silva (NIC: PJD2) `-_-' 1601 Industrial Boulevard Bailey Network Management 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5013 +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?" USA Bailey pays for my technical expertise. My opinions probably scare them