:Another solution could be using default files (/etc/defaults/services)
:and add overrides/custom entries in /etc/services.
:
:Too bad that I have no idea how we could do this, since -alot- of tcp/ip
:tools use /etc/services directly. Any way to wrap this?
:
:- Erik
No tools should be using /etc/services directly. They should all be
using e.g. getservbyname() and friends.
Pesonally speaking I really like the idea of having /etc/services
and /etc/defaults/services.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>