Bug 170077

Summary:	netstat --inet -ap doesn't show all listening ports/processes
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Dan Eisner <deisner>
Component:	net-tools	Assignee:	Radek Vokál <rvokal>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Dan Eisner 2005-10-07 00:48:21 UTC

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Description of problem:
This problem dates back a few versions, but I haven't opened a ticket until now. Basically, 'netstat --inet -ap' used to show all listening and open tcp and udp sockets. However, it now only shows a subset of the listening sockets. Compare:

netstat --inet -ap | grep '*'
versus
netstat -ap | grep '*'

The former doesn't show:
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                       *:*                         
while the latter does, although it doesn't seem specific to ssh.




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
net-tools

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. netstat --inet -ap
2. netstat -ap
3.
  

Actual Results:  there are more sockets listed in (2) than in (1).

Expected Results:  Both commands should show the same sockets listening.

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Comment 3 Radek Vokál 2005-10-07 08:37:58 UTC

The output is correct. ssh is listed if you use also --inet6 option.