up vote 0 down vote favorite
share [g+] share [fb]

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

link|improve this question
85% accept rate
feedback

3 Answers

up vote 2 down vote accepted

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.

link|improve this answer
Ah duh. Should have thought to look there. Ty – frogstarr78 Aug 29 '10 at 2:46
+1 I actually forgot about that file because I have never seen it used. – squillman Aug 29 '10 at 3:21
feedback
up vote 0 down vote

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?

link|improve this answer
No, I was actually helping someone else with their Windows system and hoping that such a file existed that I could refer them to for "common" ports. Ty for your response though. – frogstarr78 Aug 29 '10 at 2:48
feedback
up vote 0 down vote

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

link|improve this answer
yep that's the one – frogstarr78 Oct 6 '10 at 23:15
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.