topic Re: /etc/services in Operating System - HP-UX

/etc/services

Jeff Chou — Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:13:35 GMT

Does anyone has the experience about how
to enable a TCP port?
I set a TCP port 10051 in /etc/services.
When I execute the "netstat -a", I can't see
this port was running or listening.
Should I run the other command to trigger
this 10051 TCP port?

Jeff

Re: /etc/services

Robin Wakefield — Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:57:28 GMT

Hi Jeff,

Adding the line to /etc/services on its own will not start anything. You need to start the appropriate listening service/daemon associated with the application.

Rgds, Robin

Re: /etc/services

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:33:54 GMT

Jeff

Setting the port in /etc/services only makes it available to use.

Paula

Re: /etc/services

Roger Baptiste — Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:44:09 GMT

hi,

Adding the port definition in the services file just provides the translation service for the application to use that port. But, you would need to actually run the application to make use of it!

netstat shows active connections.

HTH
raj