CfgTie::TieServ -- A HASH tie that allows access the service port database

NAME

CfgTie::TieServ -- A HASH tie that allows access the service port database

SYNOPSIS

        tie %serv,'CfgTie::TieServ';
        print $serv{'smtp'};

DESCRIPTION

This is a straight forward HASH tie that allows us to access the service port database sanely.

Ties

There are two ties available for programers:

tie %serv,'CfgTie::TieServ'
$serv{$name} will return a HASH reference of the named service information

tie %serv_port,'CfgTie::TieServ_port'
$serv_port{$port} will return a HASH reference for the specified service port.

Structure of hash

Any given serv entry has the following information assoicated with it:

Name
Service name

Aliases
A list reference for other names for this service

Port
The port number

Protocol
The protocol name

Additionally, the programmer can set any other associated key, but this information will only available to running PERL script.

See Also

the CfgTie::Cfgfile manpage, the CfgTie::TieAliases manpage, the CfgTie::TieGeneric manpage, the CfgTie::TieGroup manpage, the CfgTie::TieHost manpage, the CfgTie::TieNamed manpage, the CfgTie::TieNet manpage, the CfgTie::TiePh manpage, the CfgTie::TieProto manpage, the CfgTie::TieShadow manpage, the CfgTie::TieUser manpage

Caveats

The current version does cache some service information.

Author

Randall Maas (randym@acm.org)

 CfgTie::TieServ -- A HASH tie that allows access the service port database