On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Peter Elmer via RT wrote: > > Transaction: Ticket created by [log in to unmask] > Queue: unix-admin > Subject: (x)rootd port number and /etc/services (was Re: anonymous ROOT ...) > Requestors: [log in to unmask] > Status: new > Owner: Nobody > Ticket: https://webscs01.slac.stanford.edu/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=22811 > > CC: xrootd-l <[log in to unmask]>, Fons Rademakers <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: (x)rootd port number and /etc/services (was Re: anonymous ROOT ...) > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:42:22 +0100 > To: Gerardo Ganis <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] > From: Peter Elmer <[log in to unmask]> > > We could ask the Scientific Linux people to do it, but it would be best > if it was in the original RHEL builds. This doesn't solve all possible > platforms, but will solve some of the most common. (Anybody have any > idea how to get it added to the /etc/services file for MacOSX or Solaris?) > _ 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. _ Booker C. Bense