Thread: Use of /etc/services?
Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is specified? -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > specified? Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania19026
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > specified? > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? NetBSD will be, as of 1.7, though the 1.7 release is a while away yet. (Sorry, I didn't find out about this in time to get it into for 1.6, which is just about to be released.) cjs -- Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> +81 90 7737 2974 http://www.netbsd.org Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're alllight. --XTC
Curt Sampson wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > > specified? > > > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? > > NetBSD will be, as of 1.7, though the 1.7 release is a while away yet. > (Sorry, I didn't find out about this in time to get it into for 1.6, > which is just about to be released.) Sure, then let's start using getservbyname(), if it works. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania19026
FreeBSD On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > specified? > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org >
I see PostgreSQL in /etc/services on an upgraded Redhat Linux 7.3 system. Don't think it was me adding it since I didn't have PG running on the system. Rod -- Please don't tell my mother I'm a System Administrator. She thinks I play piano in a bordello.
Hi! Mandrake Linux release 8.1 also and without postgres rpms installed. [nach@golfinho ~]$ cat /etc/services | grep 5432 # 5432-5434 Unassigned postgres 5432/tcp # POSTGRES postgres 5432/udp # POSTGRES -- o__ Bem haja, _.>/ _ NunoACHenriques (_) \(_) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://students.fct.unl.pt/users/nuno/ On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: >I see PostgreSQL in /etc/services on an upgraded Redhat Linux 7.3 system. >Don't think it was me adding it since I didn't have PG running on the >system. > > >Rod >
Debian "woody" (to be 3.0 RSN . . . or something) has this in /etc/services: postgres 5432/tcp # POSTGRES postgres 5432/udp # POSTGRES A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 87 Mowat Avenue Liberty RMS Toronto, Ontario Canada <andrew@libertyrms.info> M6K 3E3 +1 416 646 3304 x110
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > specified? > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? Debian GNU/Linux is, or at least will be for the imminent 3.0 release. Mike.
On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 10:55, Michael Alan Dorman wrote: > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > > specified? > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? > > Debian GNU/Linux is, or at least will be for the imminent 3.0 release. It's in FreeBSD 4-STABLE, and definitely in 4.6-RELEASE which is due out tomorrow. (or shortly thereafter). > > Mike. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749
NunoACHenriques writes: > Mandrake Linux release 8.1 also and without postgres rpms installed. > > [nach@golfinho ~]$ cat /etc/services | grep 5432 > # 5432-5434 Unassigned > postgres 5432/tcp # POSTGRES > postgres 5432/udp # POSTGRES This is inconsistent with the official IANA assignment which reads postgresql 5432/tcp # PostgreSQL Database postqresql 5432/udp # PostgreSQL Database # Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> (The spelling might have been fixed by now.) You should probably file a bug report for your OS. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
Bruce Momjian writes: > Sure, then let's start using getservbyname(), if it works. One thing that had occurred to me is that this probably doesn't work in Java, so you couldn't do configure --with-pgport=postgresql. That reduces the potential value a lot. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > specified? > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? SuSE 8.0: postgresql 5432/tcp # PostgreSQL Database postqresql 5432/udp # PostgreSQL Database I'll check OpenBSD 3.1 when I'm done installing. -- Jonathan Conway rise@knavery.net history is paling & my surge protection failed, & so I FRIED - Concrete Blonde, "Fried"
rise <rise@knavery.net> writes:
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services?
> SuSE 8.0:
> postgresql 5432/tcp # PostgreSQL Database
> postqresql 5432/udp # PostgreSQL Database
Mph, complete with the typo in the UDP entry. Hang onto that, it'll
be a collector's item someday ;-)
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote: > rise <rise@knavery.net> writes: > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? > > > SuSE 8.0: > > > postgresql 5432/tcp # PostgreSQL Database > > postqresql 5432/udp # PostgreSQL Database > > Mph, complete with the typo in the UDP entry. Hang onto that, it'll > be a collector's item someday ;-) Isn't Suse centralizing development for the new UnitedLinux2? Guess Red Hat doesn't have much to worry about. ;-) -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania19026
On Sat, 8 Jun 2002, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > This is inconsistent with the official IANA assignment which reads Thanks. I'll update my services file and check all those I come into contact with. I'll check if a new install if Redhat 7.3 has the correct entries this weekend. > postgresql 5432/tcp # PostgreSQL Database > postqresql 5432/udp # PostgreSQL Database > # Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> > > (The spelling might have been fixed by now.) It is corrected. > You should probably file a bug report for your OS. Interesting. I've never done this before. Most of the problems like this I see after someone else has repored them. Maybe I'll get my 5 minutes of fame. Cheers, Rod -- Please don't tell my mother I'm a System Administrator. She thinks I play piano in a bordello.
SuSE Linux 8.0 On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 07:41, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able > > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is > > specified? > > Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org -- Ettore Simone SuSE Linux srl Cel. +39 348 4904011 Via Montanara, 26 Tel. +39 059 5395 41 41051 Castelnuovo R. (MO) Fax +39 059 5332009 Via Proust, 40 Tel. +39 06 50514545 00143 Roma
> Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services? It's right here in SuSE Linux 8.0. It was not in 7.3, so maybe it's officially included from now on.