INETD.CONF(5)            Series 300 Only            INETD.CONF(5)

     NAME
          inetd.conf - configuration file for inetd(1M)

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
          Level:    HP-UX/NON-STANDARD

          Origin:   UCB

          Remarks:  Implemented on the Series 300 only.

     DESCRIPTION
          Upon   execution,   inetd(1M)   reads   its    configuration
          information from the configuration file /etc/inetd.conf and,
          possibly, at some later time in response to a SIGHUP signal;
          see inetd(1M).

          There must be an entry for each field of  the  configuration
          file.  Each field must be separated by tabs and/or spaces. A
          line can be continued if it terminates with a `\'.  Comments
          are  denoted by a `#' at the beginning of a line. The number
          of entries in the configuration file must not exceed  _NFILE
          -  10.   _NFILE  is  defined  in  <stdio.h>.   A line in the
          configuration file has the following fields:

               service name
               socket type
               protocol
               wait/nowait
               user
               server program
               server program arguments

          Service name is the name of a  valid  service  in  the  file
          /etc/services.   For  example:  shell for the remsh service,
          login for the rlogin  service  and  telnet  for  the  telnet
          service.

          Socket type is either ``stream'' or ``dgram'', depending  on
          whether the server socket is a stream or a datagram socket.

          Protocol  must   be   a   valid   protocol   as   given   in
          /etc/protocols; for example ``tcp'' or ``udp''.

          Wait/nowait applys to datagram sockets only  (other  sockets
          should specify ``nowait'').

          Wait instructs inetd to execute only one datagram server for
          the  specified  socket  at  any  one time.  Datagram servers
          which process all datagrams on a  socket  and  terminate  by
          timing out are called single-threaded.

          Nowait instructs inetd to execute a datagram  server  for  a

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          specified  socket  whenever  a  datagram  arrives.  Datagram
          servers which connect to their peers and free the socket  so
          inetd  can  receive  further  datagrams  are  called  multi-
          threaded.

          User entry is the name of the user as whom the server should

          run.

          Server program is the absolute pathname of the program which
          inetd  executes  when  it  finds  a  request on the server's
          socket.

          The arguments to the server program should be just  as  they
          normally  are,  starting  with argv[0], which is the name of
          the program.

     EXAMPLES
          1) This is the entry for the remsh service, which  uses  the
             tcp protocol, and which daemon should run as root.

                  shell  stream  tcp  nowait  root /etc/remshd  remshd

          2) This is a  possible  entry  for  the  ftp  service  which
             times-out an inactive session after 75 seconds.

                  ftp  stream  tcp  nowait  root /etc/ftpd  ftpd -t75

     SEE ALSO
          inetd(1M), inetd.sec(5), protocols(5), services(5).

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