nwnetd.conf(4)                                        nwnetd.conf(4)


       NAME
             nwnetd.conf - TLI servers database

       DESCRIPTION
             The nwnetd.conf file contains the list of servers that
             nwnetd(1M) invokes when it receives a request over a Stream.
             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         Must be stream.

             protocol            Must be a recognized  protocol  listed  in
                                 the file /etc/netconfig.

             wait-status         Ignored.

             uid                 Ignored.

             server-program      Either the pathname of a server program to
                                 be   invoked  by  nwnetd  to  perform  the
                                 requested service, or the  value  internal
                                 if nwnetd 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).  nwnetd always passes
                                 the  server  the network type name (spx or
                                 tcp) and  the  netbuf  structure  elements
                                 encoded in hexascii [see netdir(3N)].



                           Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 1

      nwnetd.conf(4)                                        nwnetd.conf(4)


      FILES
            /etc/nwnetd.conf
            /etc/services

      REFERENCES
            comsat(1M), netdir(3N), nwnetd(1M), rlogin(1), rsh(1),
            services(4), talkd(1M), tftpd(1M)









































                          Copyright 1994 Novell, Inc.               Page 2