inetd

Given its role, inetd is often referred to as a "super server. "

TCP Wrappers is used to block or allow TCP-based applications that are started from inetd, like the telnet or FTP services.

For example, to the proper method of telling the Internet Daemon (inet) to re-read its configuration file is to send it a SIGHUP signal.

Once you've done this and modified the entry in any other way you desire, tell inetd to reload its configuration file.

In AIX, the inetd daemon provides Internet service management for a network and starts by default every time you start your system.

The inetd daemon starts automatically each time the system starts.

Before using spray, make sure that sprayd is not commented out of inetd (defaulted in AIX), and don't forget to refresh inetd.

Essentially, inetd allows one running daemon to invoke several others, reducing load on the system.

If you're using inetd, the configuration process is similar to that for xinetd, but several critical details differ.

At bottom, inetd listens to a variety of ports and initiates a service upon receiving a request.

If the ps output shows a process called inetd, you should follow the directions in the next section, Running SWAT with inetd.

Configuration of inetd and xinetd is similar but not identical, and a system can run either inetd or xinetd but not both.

The steps to disable inetd depend on your UNIX variant; see your system's inetd man page for specifics.

pkill -HUP inetd will do in one concise command as much as a Perl script four or more lines long.

Figure 1 shows the difference between a system running multiple daemons without inetd and one running inetd as a proxy.

Do not run this as root, unless you really want to kill your inetd processes.

Given a list of services, inetd watches those services' ports and protocols for requests.

Finally, the innermost circle has subsystems of inetd, including Telnet, FTP, and RSH.

Using commands like svcs and svcadm, this concept was brought in to handle things like inetd and NFS with simple start-and-stop directives.

inetd keeps resource consumption to a minimum and makes daemons easier to write.

Disable your original SWAT configuration in xinetd or inetd.

As a rule, SSH is not started from inetd.

They are extremely limited and can only run application processes, not system daemons such as inetd or cron.

This is an Apache-licensed replacement for init, cron, and inetd on other UNIX-like systems.

Create a new SWAT entry in your xinetd or inetd configuration.

To start quoromd automatically, add this to the inetd.

SWAT is designed to be run via a super server, such as xinetd or inetd.

For example, the tcpip group contains the inetd subsystem, which manages the Telnet sub-server.

While it can run application daemons, it does not run any daemons, such as inetd or cron.

Run standalone? vsftpd can run either from an inetd or as a standalone # daemon started from an initscript. listen=YES #

Use runmqlsr in lieu of inetd listener