inetd.conf(4N) (TCP/IP) inetd.conf(4N)
NAME
inetd.conf - Internet servers database
DESCRIPTION
The inetd.conf file contains the list of servers that inetd(1M)
invokes when it receives an Internet request over a socket. Each
server entry is composed of a single line of the form:
service-name socket-type protocol wait-status uid server-program server-arguments
Fields can be separated by either SPACE or TAB characters. A `#'
(pound-sign) indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to
the end of the line are not interpreted by routines that search this
file.
service-name The name of a valid service listed in the file
/etc/services. For RPC services, the value of
the service-name field consists of the RPC
service name, followed by a slash and either a
version number or a range of version numbers (for
example, mountd/1).
socket-type Can be one of:
stream for a stream socket,
dgram for a datagram socket,
raw for a raw socket,
seqpacket for a sequenced packet socket
protocol Must be a recognized protocol listed in the file
/etc/protocols. For RPC services, the field
consists of the string rpc followed by a slash
and the name of the protocol (for example,
rpc/udp for an RPC service using the UDP protocol
as a transport mechanism).
wait-status nowait for all but single-threaded datagram
servers - servers which do not release the socket
until a timeout occurs (such as comsat(1M) and
talkd(1M)). These must have the status wait.
Although tftpd(1M) establishes separate pseudo-
connections, its forking behavior can lead to a
race condition unless it is also given the status
wait.
uid The user ID under which the server should run.
This allows servers to run with access privileges
other than those for root.
server-program Either the pathname of a server program to be
invoked by inetd to perform the requested
service, or the value internal if inetd itself
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provides the service.
server-arguments If a server must be invoked with command-line
arguments, the entire command line (including
argument 0) must appear in this field (which
consists of all remaining words in the entry).
If the server expects inetd to pass it the
address of its peer (for compatibility with
4.2BSD executable daemons), then the first
argument to the command should be specified as
`%A'.
FILES
/etc/inetd.conf
/etc/services
/etc/protocols
SEE ALSO
rlogin(1), rsh(1), comsat(1M), inetd(1M), talkd(1M), tftpd(1M),
services(4).
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