Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Help with installing netatalk
From: Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Date: Wed Dec 03 1997 - 19:06:18 EST
The entries already in your services map refer to tcp and udp services -
those that run over TCP-IP. The ones that netatalk wants you to add refer
to ddp services - those that run over the AppleTalk protocol. So there
will be no conflict between the two.
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Andrew W. Robinson wrote:
> My question involves the entries for /etc/services (or services
> NIS
> map in my case):
>
> rtmp 1/ddp # Routing Table Maintenance
> Protocol
> nbp 2/ddp # Name Binding Protocol
> echo 4/ddp # AppleTalk Echo Protocol
> zip 6/ddp # Zone Information Protocol
>
> Can these port numbers be changed? In particular, port 1 is
> already
> claimed by something called tcpmux. Looking through the list, the
> only doubled up port uses I see are ones for the same service but
> different protocols. In general, these port numbers are mighty
> low
> and might draw the attention of other sysadmins who would object
> to
> anything with the letters a-p-p-l-e that looks that tightly
> coupled
> with the operating system. Large port numbers would look more
> like
> "just another application" and probably attract less concern.
-- Alistair Riddell - BOFH IT Support Department, George Watson's College, Edinburgh Tel: +44 131 447 7931 Ext 176 Fax: +44 131 452 8594
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