Port not available/does not exist on Solaris 10

[ponetguy2]

Hello All,

I have a developer complaining to me that the port his application will utilize 1414 does not exist when he does a 'netstat -a|grep 1414'.

I told him that the server is oblivious to the ports being available. Most likely the application that will utilize that port is not installed/setup.

Am I wrong w/ my assumption above? Please advise. I need reassurance.

Thank you,



"Not all OSs suck, it's just that some OSs suck worse than others"

 

[SamBones]

A port doesn't exist until an application opens it to listen for incoming connections, or make an outgoing connection. If he does a [tt]netstat[/tt] and doesn't see it, that's a good thing. That means another application isn't using it and it's probably available for use.

 

[ponetguy2]

thank you sam. i appreciate your response. so my assumption is probably correct. he needs to install his app. lol

thank you,

"Not all OSs suck, it's just that some OSs suck worse than others"