Description of problem: netcat is unable to listen on a port, apparently because it is not able to parse the command line properly. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.84-10.fc6.x86_64, same issue with 1.84-3.fc6.i386 How reproducible: Completely reproducable, on my computer anyway. Steps to Reproduce: 1. /usr/bin/nc -l -p 8080 Actual results: The following is written to stderr: usage: nc [-46DdhklnrStUuvzC] [-i interval] [-p source_port] [-s source_ip_address] [-T ToS] [-w timeout] [-X proxy_version] [-x proxy_address[:port]] [hostname] [port[s]] Expected results: no output, should wait for a connection on port 8080 instead. Additional info:
From the manual page: > -p source_port > Specifies the source port nc should use, subject to privilege > restrictions and availability. It is an error to use this option > in conjunction with the -l option. You should use 'nc -l 8080'
This is not standard netcat behavior. In fact, on machines recent version Red Hat Enterprise, 'nc -l 8080' does not work. You *must* use 'nc -l -s 8080', otherwise, netcat does not start listening Moreover, no deprecation of this behavior was ever done. This caused me quite a bit of confusion that caused me to waste a few hours of my working day locating this issue, experimenting with other versions of nc and preinstalled versions of nc on other operating systems. Furthermore, I had experimented around with 'nc -l 8080', and had concluded it wasn't listening on a port, as it does on Red Hat Enterprise. This is because nc hostname resolution is broken. If you do: nc -l 8080 in one terminal, and then nc localhost 8080 in another, you will not be able to connect to the first terminal. However, you will be able connect if you use nc 127.0.0.1 instead.
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