[NTLUG:Discuss] inetd.conf

[David]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:57:26AM -0600, Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> Yep I found all the files in /etc/xinetd.d but the format is so
> different it doesn't tell me much.

Xinetd follows a trend of making subsystems use configuration
directories rather than configuration files.  This makes it easy for
another package, say, an FTP program, to include an xinetd-compatible
file in the FTP's own RPM package.  That way, when the FTP package is
installed, it automatically adds the necessary configuration to the
xinetd config directory, and everything just works.  

The easiest way to make an xinetd config file for a new program is to 
copy an existing entry, and edit it.  I usually use
/etc/xinetd.d/linuxconf, because it's such a simple config.

-- 
David Hayes
david at hayes-family.org