Topic: Adding Services

[Mark Fifield]

Hi,

I have a probably quick and hopefully simple question...

I need to add a service (ACAP on Port 674) to the list in /etc/services my question is, is this safe? When I open /etc/services file in vi, the first few lines say DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!!! Which I suppose is there for a reason. So can I safely edit this file without having adverse affects elsewhere??

Thanx in advance!
Mark

[Bill Talcott]

It won't hurt anything to edit the file. However, your changes will be lost on reboot.

http://www.e-smith.org/custom/ (The "customizing the system" link from the front page of e-smith.org.)

Each config file is created from a directory full of fragments. There is a custom directory where you can place additional or modified fragments. Then if you want to revert back to the original, just delete your custom fragments, and everything is fine again.

[Mark Fifield]

Clever stuff, thanks for that!

Mark

[Charlie Brady]

Mark Fifield wrote:

>  When I open
> /etc/services file in vi, the first few lines say DO NOT
> MODIFY THIS FILE!!!

What do the next few lines of the file say?

BT> It won't hurt anything to edit the file. However, your changes
BT>  will be lost on reboot.

That's not true. No templated file is re-expanded at reboot, but all templated files are re-expanded at one time or another. At upgrade is one time when you can be sure that every templated file is re-expanded.

Charlie

[MadPat]

how is het possible when i add a line to open desmtp-backdoor port, this line is removed after reoot ??