TITLE: /etc/services and port-assignments LFS VERSION: ALL AUTHOR: Scot Mc Pherson SYNOPSIS: Replacing the default /etc/services file with the more complete port-assignments file from iana.org Resources: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers HINT: Visit the above URL to get the current version of the /etc/services file. Save the page to ~/port-assignments Comment out or remove the beginning and the end of the file so that its syntax matches the current /etc/services file. mv /etc/services /etc/services.old cp ~/port-assignments /etc/services chown root.root /etc/services chmod 444 /etc/services You are done.