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diff --git a/man5/services.5 b/man5/services.5 index f46f417a6..1644ab2aa 100644 --- a/man5/services.5 +++ b/man5/services.5 @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ numbers and protocol types. Every networking program should look into this file to get the port number (and protocol) for its service. The C library routines -.BR getservent (3), -.BR getservbyname (3), -.BR getservbyport (3), -.BR setservent (3), +.MR getservent 3 , +.MR getservbyname 3 , +.MR getservbyport 3 , +.MR setservent 3 , and -.BR endservent (3) +.MR endservent 3 support querying this file from programs. .P Port numbers are assigned by the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers @@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ have two entries, even for TCP-only services. .P Port numbers below 1024 (so-called "low numbered" ports) can be bound to only by root (see -.BR bind (2), -.BR tcp (7), +.MR bind 2 , +.MR tcp 7 , and -.BR udp (7)). +.MR udp 7 ). This is so clients connecting to low numbered ports can trust that the service running on the port is the standard implementation, and not a rogue service run by a user of the machine. @@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ The presence of an entry for a service in the file does not necessarily mean that the service is currently running on the machine. See -.BR inetd.conf (5) +.MR inetd.conf 5 for the configuration of Internet services offered. Note that not all networking services are started by -.BR inetd (8), +.MR inetd 8 , and so won't appear in -.BR inetd.conf (5). +.MR inetd.conf 5 . In particular, news (NNTP) and mail (SMTP) servers are often initialized from the system boot scripts. .P @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ is the port number (in decimal) to use for this service. is the type of protocol to be used. This field should match an entry in the -.BR protocols (5) +.MR protocols 5 file. Typical values include .B tcp @@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ sensible choice. Lines not matching this format should not be present in the file. (Currently, they are silently skipped by -.BR getservent (3), -.BR getservbyname (3), +.MR getservent 3 , +.MR getservbyname 3 , and -.BR getservbyport (3). +.MR getservbyport 3 . However, this behavior should not be relied on.) .P .\" The following is not true as at glibc 2.8 (a line with a comma is @@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ Definition of .\" .BR getservbyport (3). .\" However, this will also cause the next line to be mis-parsed. .SH SEE ALSO -.BR listen (2), -.BR endservent (3), -.BR getservbyname (3), -.BR getservbyport (3), -.BR getservent (3), -.BR setservent (3), -.BR inetd.conf (5), -.BR protocols (5), -.BR inetd (8) +.MR listen 2 , +.MR endservent 3 , +.MR getservbyname 3 , +.MR getservbyport 3 , +.MR getservent 3 , +.MR setservent 3 , +.MR inetd.conf 5 , +.MR protocols 5 , +.MR inetd 8 .P Assigned Numbers RFC, most recently RFC\ 1700, (AKA STD0002). |