On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 01:43, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 8 May 2002, Glen Lee Edwards wrote: [snip] > > They recently dumped inet for xinet. Instead of having one configuration > > file > > in /etc/inetd.conf, they now have individual files per service in > > /etc/xinetd.d/. I'm sure that makes sense to somebody, but it makes > > configuring > > it a real headache. > > That just hurts...why would someone implement something in such an > obviously painful manner?
Here's are the contents of /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd service ftp { disable = no id = ftp-stream flags = REUSE socket_type = stream protocol = tcp port = 21 wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd server_args = -l -a log_on_failure += USERID } It's supposed to be more secure, and it logs to syslog which services are bound to which ports, and logs if something fails to initialize. Also, it may be a bit more secure to not have to edit inetd.conf for _everything_. When you install a new package, the pkg manager just creates a new file in /etc/xinetd.d. All in all, though, I still prefer inetd. Mdk must think it's special, since they haven't shipped inetd since 7.1. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | You ask us the same question every day, and we give you | | the same answer every day. Someday, we hope that you will | | believe us... | | Donald Rumsfeld, to a reporter | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]