On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 09:46:11PM -0400, Jim Wise wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > > >If we make our libc use a .db file for /etc/services, it should be > >safe to import the entire IANA file -- and probably a good idea, too. > > I agree -- the services table is _at least_ as useful for identifying > services floating by on the network as it is for local servers, and that > implies that a criteria broader than ``used on NetBSD'' is a good idea. Sounds like a job for an nss module, to facilitate choices of backend. We can already query this from getent(1), even if nsswitch.conf(5) implies its not through nss internally. -- Dan.
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