Re: Xinetd compared to /etc/rc.d/init.d

2002-09-18 Thread pa3gcu
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 17:47, Paul Kraus wrote: > What is xinetd used for. I thought it was used to start services but > have read on some newsgroups to avoid it. Does it work with the startup > files in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ folder, is it actually a step up from those > scripts and a possible

Re: Xinetd compared to /etc/rc.d/init.d

2002-09-18 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 01:47 PM 9/18/02 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: >What is xinetd used for. I thought it was used to start services but >have read on some newsgroups to avoid it. Does it work with the startup >files in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ folder, is it actually a step up from those >scripts and a possible replacement. H

Xinetd compared to /etc/rc.d/init.d

2002-09-18 Thread Paul Kraus
What is xinetd used for. I thought it was used to start services but have read on some newsgroups to avoid it. Does it work with the startup files in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ folder, is it actually a step up from those scripts and a possible replacement. How do the two work in relation to each other. O