Re: How to modify /etc/services?
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 04:29:26PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, since it is a conffile for netstd, other packages are
> forbidden from doing anything with it? I think the proper response is: get
> Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org> to include your service in
> /etc/services, then your package depends on a specific version of netstd.
>
> [how did I do? :]
>
> As for an actual method, probably making a tmp file of what you would like
> to add to it, copying the existing one someplace, then catting the two of
> them back together to /etc/services.
you can use
update-inetd --file /etc/services --add 'name port/tcp # comment'
however, be aware that /etc/services can be overwritten when you upgrade
netstd.
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