Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-12 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
If the file "/etc/inetd.conf" contains only comment or empty lines, with the package "openbsd-inetd" installed inetd is not started at boot-up. Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-12 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 11.09.06 19:51, Andrei Popescu wrote: > But I wonder why netbase depends on inetd. because many packages depending on netbase depends on it because of inetd (inetd was some time ago in netbase). See: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=154441;archive=yes However they imho should

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS: Funnily enough `apt-get remove openbsd-inetd' says that a whole bunch of > packages depend on it: > Looks like bugs in the dependencies in `testing'. I don't think they depend directly on inetd. It seems netbase depends on openbsd-inetd, and a whol

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please look at #385320: Users of xinetd can't remove openbsd-inetd Bye, Stefan Monnier wrote: I would say that the choice between the two is defined not by how 'professional' your host is, but rather by the hostility of the networking environment. Xinetd can limit the number of connections an

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I would say that the choice between the two is defined not by how > 'professional' your host is, but rather by the hostility of the > networking environment. Xinetd can limit the number of connections and > running processes, preventing some DoS attacks. Xinetd also has a more > extensive logging

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-11 Thread Dmitri Minaev
On 9/8/06, Ismael Valladolid Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: inetd is more than ok for a personal environment, why not also for a professional setup. xinetd is far more featured, though, and it's been the default for Red Hat systems for years. I would say that the choice between the two is d

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-11 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
T escribe: > On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:12:48 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > > >> ...I'd like to know whether > >> inetd or xinetd is preferred for a *personal environment*. > > > > inetd is more than ok for a personal environment, why not also f

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-08 Thread T
On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:12:48 +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: >> ...I'd like to know whether >> inetd or xinetd is preferred for a *personal environment*. > > inetd is more than ok for a personal environment, why not also for a > professional setup. Thanks Ism

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-08 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> > On Thursday 07 September 2006 03:56, T wrote: > > > Hope I'm not starting a religious war here, but I'd like to know > > > whether inetd or xinetd is preferred for a *personal environment*. I prefer xinetd anywhere. IT's better configurable, even if so

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-08 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 23:58:49 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 07 September 2006 03:56, T wrote: > > Hi > > > > Hope I'm not starting a religious war here, but I'd like to know > > whether inetd or xinetd is preferred for a

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-08 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
T escribe: > Hope I'm not starting a religious war here, but I'd like to know whether > inetd or xinetd is preferred for a *personal environment*. inetd is more than ok for a personal environment, why not also for a professional setup. xinetd is far more featured, though, a

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-08 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 07 September 2006 03:56, T wrote: > Hi > > Hope I'm not starting a religious war here, but I'd like to know whether > inetd or xinetd is preferred for a *personal environment*. I like openbsd-inetd because it's straightforward, lightweight and got the O

Re: inetd or xinetd

2006-09-07 Thread Jochen Schulz
T: > > # /etc/init.d/inetd has been diverted by the xinetd package. > # The inetd service is provided by xinetd, which means inetd > # doesn't need to be run. > # > # See /etc/init.d/xinetd, or /etc/init.d/inetd.real. > > exit 0 > > > Does it imply xinetd is more

inetd or xinetd

2006-09-07 Thread T
Hi Hope I'm not starting a religious war here, but I'd like to know whether inetd or xinetd is preferred for a *personal environment*. In my current system: $ cat /etc/init.d/inetd #!/bin/sh # /etc/init.d/inetd has been diverted by the xinetd pack