>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Andreas> take a look at r2d2, a tool written by winfried truemper. it Andreas> does exactly this : get rid of all init.d scripts for Andreas> daemons, and offer a way to start them standalone, via inetd Andreas> or via xinetd. I think you took me wrong [if not, just ignore next couple paragraphs :)]. I'm not touching how service daemons are arranged, but how the information on that services is made available to /etc/services, inetd and xinetd, which is needed for the system to run properly. I mean, if I install xinetd in favour of inetd, I want all my old services back without I having to edit nothing, and if I install a new package which provides an obscure *inetd based service not covered in standard /etc/profile, then I want it to auto-setup it, as with menu entries is done, not mattering if I switch back to inetd or stand on xinetd, I want it to automatically be available to all inetd systems, as well as on /etc/services. I'm also starting to think on portmap entries ... Andreas> btw: in my opinion debian needs a general resource database Andreas> (something like windows nt registry, but with a better, Andreas> unixlike implementation). All unix flavours in general need something like that, but I like the method actually used by Debian for these things [menu entries, install info, etc ...]. It's easy, secure, reliable and hand-fixable with a simple vi editor. Cheers Linux-USB! http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky/USB.html - - Inaky Perez Gonzalez -- PGP pubkey fingerprint - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 8E 34 3A 62 64 99 E2 44 - http://peloncho.fis.ucm.es/~inaky -- AD 7B 30 D9 DD FF 3E 4C - --------------------------------- -- ----------------------- - The loneliness of the long distance runner ..... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]