install omniback client to sgi

[Peter Brimacombe]

I need to install the omniback client from my cell server(HP-UX) to an sgi workstation (IRIS 6.5)

But right now there is a service called esp which takes port 5555:
sgi-esphttp 5555/tcp # ESP web console server port

can I just edit /etc/services on the sgi machine and change 5555 to 5556 , then reboot the sgi workstation?

then install the omniback client which uses port 5555?

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

Yes if you comment out the sgi-esphttp line from /etc/services on the sgi machine, you should also make sure that what ever process runs that service is disabled or define a new port for it in the /etc/services file.

[f. halili]

You can choose any port number in the range from 256 to 65535 as long as it is not currently in use by another service. The only other thing that you will want to be careful about is that the number you choose is consistent across all of the systems that will be using this new service.


- fnhalili