Use of /etc/services?

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?

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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.)

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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.

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FreeBSD

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian 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.

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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?

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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

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On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:

Debian "woody" (to be 3.0 RSN . . . or something) has this in
/etc/services:

postgres 5432/tcp # POSTGRES
postgres 5432/udp # POSTGRES

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. ;-)

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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
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