++ 28/02/05 08:37 -0800 - <Peter Elmer via RT>:
>
> Transaction: Correspondence added by [log in to unmask]
> Queue: unix-admin
> Subject: Re: [SLAC #22811] (x)rootd port number and /etc/services (was Re: anonymous ROOT ...)
> Requestors: [log in to unmask]
> Status: open
> Owner: jgoebel
> Ticket: https://webscs01.slac.stanford.edu/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=22811
>
> CC: [log in to unmask], Stephen Gowdy <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [SLAC #22811] (x)rootd port number and /etc/services (was Re: anonymous ROOT ...)
> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:36:40 +0100
> To: Fons Rademakers <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
> From: Peter Elmer <[log in to unmask]>
>
Hey Peter,
> [Drop the xrootd list explicitly to see if RT stops sending multiple copies
> of mails...]
>
> Hi unix-admin,
>
> I forgot about proofd, so I'd like to amend my request. Is it possible
> to ask Redhat to add the following lines:
>
> proofd 1093/tcp # ROOT PROOF daemon
> proofd 1093/udp # ROOT PROOF daemon
> rootd 1094/tcp # ROOT daemon
> rootd 1094/udp # ROOT daemon
>
> to the default /etc/services file which they distribute in RHEL? Both ports
> are registered with IANA. (Since you pay them to listen to your requests,
> hopefully they will respond!)
Got that. I requested the block from RH and refered them to the IANA page.
(They're good at listening, but not always doing what we request.)
John
> thanks,
> Pete
>
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 05:19:57PM +0100, Fons Rademakers wrote:
> > Note that rootd and proofd are already in the /etc/services of upcoming
> > Apple Tiger. There is no reason for RH not to deliver a complete
> > /etc/service, what else is the use to register with IANA.
> >
> > -- Fons
> >
> >
> > Peter Elmer via RT wrote:
> > > Hi Booker,
> > >
> > >On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 07:47:10AM -0800, Booker Bense via RT wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Peter Elmer via RT wrote:
> > >>_ There is a standard registry for this kind of thing. Rootd is
> > >>already registered. Vendors are supposed to include this in their
> > >>OS ( or at least the ones below 1024 ).
> > >>
> > >>http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers
> > >>
> > >>_ In general vendors leave it up to sites to configure their
> > >>application service ports. It might be a lot simpler just to
> > >>hide the error message from the user.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, Fons registered 1094 for rootd, so that is fine. What we really
> > >need instead is to make sure that it gets into the actual /etc/services
> > >file distributed by Redhat (i.e. that they distribute an /etc/services
> > >file coherent with the IANA list). For this, my question was whether SCS
> > >could ask the Redhat people to add it. Presumably they either manage
> > >themselves the /etc/services file they distribute or have contact with the
> > >person who does. Since access to (x)rootd is now standard for BaBar (and
> > >relatively widespread in HEP) and the redhat /etc/services does seem to
> > >try to be relatively complete instead of just listing true core unix
> > >services, it seems worthwhile to pursue this with Redhat.
> > >
> > > [Here we go on the RT duplicate-all-mails game...]
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Pete
> > >
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Peter Elmer E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 (22) 767-4644
> Address: CERN Division PPE, Bat. 32 2C-14, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
##############################################
# John Goebel <jgoebel(at)slac.stanford.edu> #
# Stanford Linear Accelerator Center #
# 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 #
############################################ #
|