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

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

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

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.

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.

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

The current version does cache some service information.

Randall Maas (randym@acm.org)