Re: [TCLUG:19428] identifying the program listening at a port

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

Ben Beuchler wrote:
> 
> nmap is showing me a couple of odd ports open on one of my boxes.  These
> ports are not listed in /etc/services and I don't seem to have anything
> unexpected in my process table...

I'd bet they're your NIS/NFS/blah stuff..

> Anyone know of a program that will identify which app/pid/whatever is
> listening at a specified port?

I usually use something like this:

  lsof | grep IPv4

which gives a pretty good list of what is open..

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