Bash /dev/tcp and /dev/udp

[Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.de>]

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Hi all,

from the bash manpage:
              /dev/tcp/host/port
                     If host is a valid hostname or Internet address, and port
                     is an integer port number or service name, bash  attempts
                     to open a TCP connection to the corresponding socket.
              /dev/udp/host/port
                     If host is a valid hostname or Internet address, and port
                     is an integer port number or service name, bash  attempts
                     to open a UDP connection to the corresponding socket.

But this feature doesn't work on debian systems (on other distributions
it works and is not a problem).

For this feature there are several scripts and tools around which use
this feature. Moreover if you want to make a net boot image where you
need to contact a other host easy there is no way to do this with debian
Linux so I have to switch to an other distribution like RedHat or even
Susi^He.

The related bug report is tagged as wontfix (146464) but this is absolute
not reasonable.

Best wishes
   Klaus Ethgen
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