inetd(1M)                                                  inetd(1M)


       NAME
             inetd - Internet services daemon

       SYNOPSIS
             inetd [-d] [-s] [-t] [configuration-file]

       DESCRIPTION
             inetd, the Internet services daemon, is normally run at boot
             time by the Service Access Facility (SAF).  inetd listens for
             connections on the Internet addresses of the services that its
             configuration file specifies.  When a connection is found, it
             invokes the server daemon specified by that configuration file
             for the service requested.  Once a server process exits, inetd
             continues to listen on the socket.

             Rather than having several daemon processes with sparsely
             distributed requests each running concurrently, inetd reduces
             the load on the system by invoking Internet servers only as
             they are needed.

             inetd itself provides a number of simple TCP-based services.
             These include echo, discard, chargen (character generator),
             daytime (human readable time), and time (machine readable
             time, in the form of the number of seconds since midnight,
             January 1, 1900).  For details of these services, consult the
             appropriate RFC, as listed below, from the Network Information
             Center.

       USAGE
             When started, inetd reads its configuration information from
             configuration-file , the default being /etc/inetd.conf.  See
             inetd.conf(4) for more information on the format of this file.
             inetd rereads its configuration file whenever it receives a
             hangup signal, SIGHUP.  New services can be activated, and
             existing services deleted or modified in between whenever the
             file is reread.

          Options
             -s    Run inetd ``stand-alone,'' outside the Service Access
                   Facility (SAF).  When the -s option is not used, inetd
                   must be run under SAF via the sacadm(1M) command.

             -d    Enable debugging.  In debug mode, TCP connections will
                   have the SO_DEBUG option enabled via setsockopt [see
                   getsockopt(3N)]; SO_DEBUG is needed for trpt(1M).  Note
                   that when -d option is used, inetd runs in the


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      inetd(1M)                                                  inetd(1M)


                  foreground.

            -s    Print debug messages to stderr (standard error).

            -t    Put inetd into calltrace mode, which produces additional
                  syslog(3G) entries.

      REFERENCES
            comsat(1M), ftpd(1M), getsockopt(3N), inetd.conf(4),
            rexecd(1M), rlogind(1M), rshd(1M), sacadm(1M), telnetd(1M),
            tftpd(1M), trpt(1M)
            RFC 862, RFC 863, RFC 864, RFC 867, RFC 868




































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