bringing /etc/services up to date

[Matthew D. Fuller]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 11:30:54AM -0700 I heard the voice of
Brooks Davis, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> IMO, programs that read the flatfile will get what they deserve.

You won't get any argument from *ME* on that.  But there ARE still
programs (that do "get what they deserve", but it's still annoying)
that parse /etc/passwd manually instead of using getpw*() or PAM, too.
Chances are, there are programs being written right now that do that,
either through ignorance, or "for security", or just for sheer
cussedness.

That's not to say it's a showstopper that should paralyze any future
work.  But it's also not entirely a handwave "who cares?"  Like most
interesting things in life, it's an irritating middle ground.


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd at over-yonder.net
Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/

"The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I
      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"