inetd.conf(4)                                          inetd.conf(4)


       NAME
             inetd.conf - Internet servers database

       SYNOPSIS
             /etc/inetd.conf

       DESCRIPTION
             The inetd.conf file contains the list of servers that
             inetd(1M) invokes when it receives an Internet request over a
             socket.

       USAGE
             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.

             The fields are described as follows:

             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).



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      inetd.conf(4)                                          inetd.conf(4)


            wait-status nowait for all but single-threaded datagram
                        servers, that is, 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 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'.

      REFERENCES
            comsat(1M), inetd(1M), rlogin(1), rsh(1), services(4),
            talkd(1M), tftpd(1M)
















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