-> > > at boot, i was starting innd, of which i believe i've -> > > gotten rid. but i still see inetd as a pid when i -> > > run top. -> > > -> > > how do i remove inetd or stop it from starting. -> > > (currently i stop it by killing the pid.) -> > -> > inetd should be running. If you wish to disable innd and if it's started by -> > inetd, edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the appropriate line. -> > -> > inetd is the general daemon that answers connections for a variety of -> > services. Usually you want it running. -> -> i've got xinetd instead, which i think is more configurable. -> comments, anyone?
may I agree with you ? :) xinetd is much more powerful then inetd and I recommend putting it as default (if someone wants to run such thing at all) -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NEXTRA, Slovakia; IRCNET admin of *.sk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ ; http://www.nextra.sk/ Windows 2000: 640 MB ought to be enough for anybody