Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!caen!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!shamash!raistlin!ldk From: ldk@raistlin (ld kelley x-6857) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Portmapper question Message-ID: <33719@shamash.cdc.com> Date: 31 May 91 20:09:22 GMT Sender: usenet@shamash.cdc.com Reply-To: ldk@raistlin (ld kelley x-6857) Distribution: usa Organization: Control Data Corp., Arden Hills, MN Lines: 14 Originator: ldk@raistlin.udev.cdc.com When the portmapper assigns ports to programs that are registering, how does it keep from using ports that are reserved (via the services file) for other programs? Please answer by email, I will summarize later. thanks in advance, larry -- Larry D. Kelley ARH215 | Internet: ldk@raistlin.udev.cdc.com Control Data Corporation| uucp: {uunet}!shamash!raistlin!ldk 4201 Lexington Ave No. | AT&T: 01-612-482-2046 Arden Hills, MN |