On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 03:12:43PM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> getservbyname() and getservbyport() could use a simple 'check
> /etc/services first then check /etc/defaults/services' scheme.
> In getservent()'s case it would have to merge the two files
> together (maybe on the fly if we were to require that the entries
> be sorted by port) to produce a single coherent result.
I'd still like to comment out users in /etc/passwd or services
in /etc/services, which would not be possible if they are virtually
merged.
Joerg
>
> -Matt
> Matthew Dillon
> <dillon@backplane.com>