> E> What is xinetd? > > xinetd is an enhanced version of inetd (internet daemon), which is > basically a wrapper for other internet daemons. You can use xinetd > to run FTP, BIND, Apache, etc. > > The benefit as opposed to standalone is that since everything goes > through xinetd, you can tweak it more. Xinetd allows you to > customize network utilization, set priorities for certain daemons, > and tons of other crap. > > If you're a desktop user (or even a small server operator), its > usually better to run everything in standalone. However, for > larger scale stuff xinetd is invaluable to allocating resources.
So, if i have xinetd and sshd running, is that duplicating services? Or does xinetd intercept calls and then pass them to sshd? Thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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