On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 04:08:44PM +1000, Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote: > Hey Seth. :) > > Just a quick question.. > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 03:13:12PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Can someone properly explain to me the differences between how a process > > > starts up as a daemon as apposed to a process which starts up via initd > as > > > i am a little unsure. > > > > Well, programs that init starts normally ARE daemons. > > Seeing as how everyone complains about inetd - why isn't it replaced? > > The "tcpserver" that qmail uses is quite steady, will inetd ever be > replaced?
Well, if you want to, you can replace it with xinetd. Its config files are different. But.. I hear it has more options. One commonly used extension to inetd is tcpwrappers. This helps quite a bit... (heh, debian's unstable has at least two replacements for inetd: $ apt-cache search xinetd rlinetd - gruesomely over-featured inetd replacement xinetd - replacement for inetd with many enhancements There is also this thingy: rinetd - Internet redirection server I don't know if it can replace inetd or not.. So, the toys exist to replace inetd already, if you want. For me, tcpwrappers with inetd is enough. <shrug> > > Regards, > > Marc-Adrian Napoli > Connect Infobahn Australia > +61 2 92811750 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
