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I have my own server application in C, I bind my server on localhost address and let it listen in first case on port 10000 and in second case on port 20000. When I run command I lsof | grep IP in last column is: in the first case: localhost:webmin (LISTEN)
and, in the second case: localhost:20000 (LISTEN)

So instead of port 10000 there is webmin. What does it mean? I found this. It says that Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix but that isn't enough clear explanation. So what webmin exactly mean?

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Some port numbers are often/traditionally/by default used by certain services. Port 80 is for HTTP server, port 22 is SSH, port 143 is IMAP etc. Port 10000 is traditionally used by webmin to display its management interface, while port 20000 is for webmin's web mail.

lsof just tries to be friendly by displaying human-readable names of services which usually use those port numbers instead of the actual numbers. In your case it is wrong.

The list of "well-known" services is stored in /etc/services.

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@poolie Thanks, it's interesting ;) –  user1097772 Feb 20 '12 at 9:51

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