[NTLUG:Discuss] services

[MadHat]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:14:59 CST, the world broke into rejoicing as
> Rusty Haddock <rusty at fe2o3.lonestar.org>  said:
> > Scott Walters wrote:
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >How do I specify a range of ports in the /etc/services file.
> >
> > You can't and really don't want to do that.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> >     >I want all udp and tcp ports between 2300 and 2400 open.
> >
> > They already are unless you've got some daemon/server program already
> > using them.
> 
> It is reasonably likely that what is *really* wanted here is to do
> some configuration of inetd, the portmapper, configured (commonly) in
> /etc/inetd.conf, which is used to admit/deny connections to ports.
> But I suspect that the purpose needs to be far better laid out in
> order to provide good answers...

be careful how you word this. The portmapper is very different from
inetd.  What you have above reads like they are one in the same, but
they are not.  Where inetd handle the initial connection of many
internet daemons (rather than having all the daemons running them
selves) and the portmapper (portmap) is used by specific programs like
nfs and nis to negotiate the client and server talking properly. 

-- 
MadHat