getservbyname() call
Louis Demers
louis at asterix.drev.dnd.ca
Sat Dec 23 06:36:43 AEST 1989
jsin at island.seas.ucla.edu (John Sin) writes:
>... So I added a line in /etc/services thus:
> timed 525/udp timeserver
>However, I found that it still does not recognize this service. I've
>already rebooted (soft boot) the machine, but that didn't make any
>difference.
...
>I also found that if I delete a line from /etc/services - say, smtp -
>getservbyname() still can find smtp.
Are you running the Yellow Pages ? Here we are and we once
encoutered the same problem on Sun's. "/etc/services" is one of the files
"shared" by the Yellow Pages system. The file /etc/services on
the master server is the one that need to be changed.
Merry Xmas,
Louis
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