[GRLUG] swat

[Ron Lauzon]

Bob Kline wrote:
> Would the inetd.conf entry be the same for
> xinetd.conf?  That's what I'm using - and
> forgot to mention before.
>   

Yes.

> I don't believe that the swat entry is in
> /etc/services - why I don't know.  I can just
> put it in?
>   

Yes.

> Does this have to do with why localhost:901
> doesn't work in Firefox?
>   

Yes.

What happens is that when a request is made on port 901, the OS goes to 
/etc/services and asks "Who is supposed to handle this?"  It finds 
"swat".  Then it looks through /etc/xinetd.conf (or /etc/inetd.conf) 
looking for the service named "swat" and runs what it finds there.

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