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frogstarr78
Asked: 2010-08-21 13:39:04 +0800 CST

Windows Service Ports

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Is there a file on Windows 2008 similar to the /etc/services file in linux?

windows linux networking port

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  1. Best Answer

    I'll combine both Sergey and Squillman's answers.

    The file exists in %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\etc\services, however many applications don't bother resolving their service name to a port via the getservbyname API and just have their port number information hard-coded into their binaries. There seems to be less of a culture of using the services file on Windows than on *nix. So, you can find the file and edit it, but there's no guarantee that any particular application will use the services file anyway.

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  2. No, usually port info is stored in the registry or an applications specific config file(s).

    Are you looking to find what's listening on your server?

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  3. Are you looking for %WindowsDir%\System32\drivers\etc\services ?

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