Subj : Re: weird open port
To   : comp.os.linux
From : noi
Date : Thu Nov 11 2004 05:01 pm

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:10:39 +0000, Zach Simmen thoughtfully wrote:

> R.F. Pels wrote:
>> Zach Simmen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Anybody know why my X.org X11 server would be listening on 2 tcp ports?
>>>I understand port 6000 being present, but I have another that changes
>>>from time to time, right now it is listening on 32871. I'm running
>>>Slackware 10.0 /w 2.6.7 kernel. Thanks in advance!
>> 
>> 
>> Post the relevant output of netstat please.
>> 
> # netstat -tnlp
> root@hammerfall:/home/warp_sp# netstat -tnlp Active Internet connections
> (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address
> State       PID/Program name
> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:32769           0.0.0.0:* LISTEN      7677/X

It's standard and used for internal communication between processes.  
Google 32768 "32769 ports" for a more definitive answer.

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