how to open a rare port in linux

arnab_pal · 03-29-2006, 02:16 PM

can anyone tell me the process of opening a rare thread in freebsd...as we are developing a PPC(pay per click) system we are using YourPay API to connect to the payment gateway...But getting the following error...

curl connection error.
As we contacted the yourPay support, they told us to open theport 1129 which is a rare port...we don't know the service name associated with this port so cannot open it...

If anybody knows how to open this port help us out.

acid_kewpie · 03-29-2006, 02:18 PM

a rare port?? just open whatever port number you want, you don't need to have a service name against it or anything. You've given very very little information about what you're actually doing, so we can't help with specific examples.

arnab_pal · 03-29-2006, 02:53 PM

the customer support of your pay has suggested us to use 1129 port to eatablish the connection (between our freebsd server and payment gateway )

and on doing so we are having the following error.

curl connection error.

As 1129 is an unassigned port in
/etc/services file
so i am sure about the required service for this port.

so plz help me out

acid_kewpie · 03-29-2006, 03:32 PM

how are we supposed to know what "your pay" is and have any clue about how your software works, whatever it is.

libcurl or curl can accept standard port numbers no problem.