NAME

inetd − internet services daemon

SYNOPSIS

/etc/inetd [ −d ]

DESCRIPTION

Inetd is the internet super-server which invokes all internet server processes as needed.  Connection-oriented services are invoked each time a connection is made, by creating a process.  This process is passed the connection as file descriptor 0 and an argument of the form “sourcehost.sourceport” where sourcehost is hex and sourceport is decimal. 

Datagram oriented services are invoked when a datagram arrives; a process is created and passed the connection as file descriptor 0.  Inetd will look at the socket where datagrams arrive again only after this process completes.  The paradigms for such proceses are either to read off the incoming datagram and then fork and exit, or to process the arriving datagram and then time out. 

Inetd consults servers(5) when it is invoked, and supports whatever services are in that file.

OPTIONS

−d Specifies that debugging traces are to be turned on for connection-oriented (TCP) services. 

FILES

/etc/serverslist of internet server processes

SEE ALSO

servers(5), comsat(8C), ftpd(8C), rexecd(8C), rlogind(8C), syslog(8), rshd(8C), talkd(8C), telnetd(8C), tftpd(8C)

BUGS

There is no provision for selectively invoking TCP debugging packet tracing per-service. 

Should reread the servers(5) file on receipt of a SIGHUP signal. 

Sun Release 1.1  —  Last change: 27 December 1983