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?

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Mon, 20 May 2002 21:12:57 +0200 (CEST)
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
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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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 01:41:34 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:01:42 +0900 (JST)
Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 02:02:38 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: Use of /etc/services?

FreeBSD

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?
>
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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:08:48 -0300 (ADT)
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 05:59:44 -0700 (PDT)
"Roderick A. Anderson" <raanders@acm.org>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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07 Jun 2002 15:05:59 +0200
Ettore Simone <esimone@suse.it>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
	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:

>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.
>
>
>Rod
>


Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:07:37 +0100 (WEST)
NunoACHenriques <nach@fct.unl.pt>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Fri, 7 Jun 2002 10:18:03 -0400
Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
> 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.

Fri, 7 Jun 2002 16:57:53 +0200
Kaare Rasmussen <kar@bering.webline.dk>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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.

07 Jun 2002 11:55:14 -0400
Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@debian.org>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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). 


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07 Jun 2002 13:03:34 -0500
Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 00:26:05 +0200 (CEST)
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 00:26:32 +0200 (CEST)
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 01:12:24 -0600 (MDT)
rise <rise@knavery.net>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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

Sat, 08 Jun 2002 10:50:40 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: Use of /etc/services? 
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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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 11:15:45 -0400 (EDT)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: Use of /etc/services?
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.


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Sat, 8 Jun 2002 10:25:16 -0700 (PDT)
"Roderick A. Anderson" <raanders@acm.org>
Re: Use of /etc/services?