Re: [dev] [sic] port argument necessary?

From: Robert Ransom <rransom.8774_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:31:19 -0700

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:37:28 +1000
Ramana Kumar <ramana.kumar_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Josh!
> Does anyone know whether ircd is "supposed" to be set up properly on Linux?
> I can tell you that it doesn't get done on Arch, at least.

On an Arch system:

$ getent services ircd
$ getent services irc
irc 194/tcp

Apparently 6667 is not an IANA-blessed port for IRC; thus, it is not in
the /etc/services file Arch uses.

Robert Ransom

Received on Wed Aug 18 2010 - 00:31:19 CEST

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