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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: +41 22 7679248 WWW: http://www.rademakers.org/fons/ Fax: +41 22 7679480