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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man5/services.5 b/static/freebsd/man5/services.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e7f65cb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man5/services.5 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.\"- +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 29, 2024 +.Dt SERVICES 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm services +.Nd internet service name and port number data base +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +file contains information regarding +the known services available in the +Internet. +For each service a single line should be present +with the following information: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +official service name +port number +protocol name +aliases +.Ed +.Pp +Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. +The port number and protocol name are considered a single +.Em item ; +a ``/'' is used to +separate the port and protocol (e.g.\& ``512/tcp''). +A ``#'' indicates the beginning of +a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are +not interpreted by the routines which search the file. +.Pp +Service names may contain any printable +character other than a field delimiter, newline, +or comment character. +.Pp +If +.Dq db +is specified as source in the +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , +.Pa /var/db/services.db +is searched. +The database in +.Pa /var/db/services.db +needs to be updated with +.Xr services_mkdb 8 +after changes to the services file have been applied. +.Sh NIS INTERACTION +Access to the NIS +.Pa services.byname +map can be enabled by adding a single ``+'' on a line by itself +in the +.Pa /etc/services +file. +This causes the contents of the NIS services map to be inserted +at the location where the ``+'' appears. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/services -compact +.It Pa /etc/services +The +.Nm +file resides in +.Pa /etc . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getservent 3 , +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , +.Xr services_mkdb 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +file format appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +A name server should be used instead of a static file. |
