Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-05-05 Thread Inaky Perez Gonzalez
> "Peter" == Peter Tobias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> The main configuration file is /etc/inetd.conf. If xinetd is Peter> installed the first time it should create /etc/xinetd.conf Peter> based on the current /etc/inetd.conf. If you install a package Peter> that adds an entry to /etc/in

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Thomas Roessler
On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 11:05:35PM +0100, Mark Baker wrote: > We have one. It's called /etc. This is, mostly, true. _BUT_ there is a different point about this: System administrators should be educated to use RCS or CVS for their configuration files, and they should _not_ edit the production fil

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Mark Baker
On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 10:59:49AM +0200, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > btw: in my opinion debian needs a general resource database (something like > windows nt registry, but with a better, unixlike implementation). We have one. It's called /etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Inaky Perez Gonzalez
> "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

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Peter Tobias
On Apr 28, Inaky Perez Gonzalez wrote: > I'm a rather new and very happy Debian user, and some time ago > while testing hamm/unstable I came trough a problem I thought deserved > some time. > > I like better xinetd than inetd, so I installed. Despite of it > trying hard to xlate in

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On Tue 28 Apr 1998, Enrique Zanardi wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 10:59:49AM +0200, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > btw: in my opinion debian needs a general resource database (something like > > windows nt registry, but with a better, unixlike implementation). > > How is the work on COAS going

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Enrique Zanardi
On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 10:59:49AM +0200, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > btw: in my opinion debian needs a general resource database (something like > windows nt registry, but with a better, unixlike implementation). How is the work on COAS going on? -- Enrique Zanardi

Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-28 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
take a look at r2d2, a tool written by winfried truemper. it does exactly this : get rid of all init.d scripts for daemons, and offer a way to start them standalone, via inetd or via xinetd. btw: in my opinion debian needs a general resource database (something like windows nt registry, but with a

PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd

1998-04-27 Thread Inaky Perez Gonzalez
Hi I'm a rather new and very happy Debian user, and some time ago while testing hamm/unstable I came trough a problem I thought deserved some time. I like better xinetd than inetd, so I installed. Despite of it trying hard to xlate inetd.conf, new services added won't cor