NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | FILES | SEE ALSO | NOTES
/etc/inet/inetd.conf
/etc/inetd.conf
The inetd.conf file contains the list of servers that inetd(1M) invokes when it receives an Internet request over a socket. Each server entry is composed of a single line of the form:
service-name endpoint-type protocol wait-status uid server-program server-arguments |
Fields are separated by either SPACE or TAB characters. A `#' (number sign) indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines that search this file.
The name of a valid service listed in the services file. For RPC services, the value of the service-name field consists of the RPC service name or program number, followed by a '/' (slash) and either a version number or a range of version numbers (for example, rstatd/2-4).
Can be one of:
for a stream socket,
for a datagram socket,
for a raw socket,
for a sequenced packet socket
for all tli endpoints
Must be a recognized protocol listed in the file /etc/inet/protocols. For RPC services, the field consists of the string rpc followed by a '/' (slash) and either a '*' (asterisk), one or more nettypes, one or more netids, or a combination of nettypes and netids. Whatever the value, it is first treated as a nettype. If it is not a valid nettype, then it is treated as a netid. For example, rpc/* for an RPC service using all the transports supported by the system (the list can be found in the /etc/netconfig file), equivalent to saying rpc/visible rpc/ticots for an RPC service using the Connection-Oriented Transport Service.
nowait for all but "single-threaded" datagram servers -- servers which do not release the socket until a timeout occurs. These must have the status wait. Do not configure udp services as nowait. This will cause a race condition where the inetd program selects on the socket and the server program reads from the socket. Many server programs will be forked and performance will be severly compromised.
The user ID under which the server should run. This allows servers to run with access privileges other than those for root.
Either the pathname of a server program to be invoked by inetd to perform the requested service, or the value internal if inetd itself provides the service.
If a server must be invoked with command line arguments, the entire command line (including argument 0) must appear in this field (which consists of all remaining words in the entry). If the server expects inetd to pass it the address of its peer (for compatibility with 4.2BSD executable daemons), then the first argument to the command should be specified as `%A'. No more than five arguments are allowed in this field.
network configuration file
Internet protocols
Internet network services
/etc/inet/inetd.conf is the official SVR4 name of the inetd.conf file. The symbolic link /etc/inetd.conf exists for BSD compatibility.