/etc/inetd.conf ?

arcturus · 05-01-2005, 01:43 PM

I've seen reference to this file yet I don't find it at all in my hard drive install of SLAX 5.0.4.

Code:

root@slax:/etc# ls -l *.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  153 Feb  3 01:42 esd.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1756 Sep 13  2003 gpm-root.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  966 Sep 13  2003 gpm-syn.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 4763 Sep 13  2003 gpm-twiddler.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   27 Jul  7  1994 host.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1839 Jun 13  2004 identd.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   89 Apr 25 20:43 ld.so.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  160 Apr 26 20:39 lilo.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1060 Jun  8  2003 logrotate.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2194 Nov  4 03:21 mdadm.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  200 Apr 30 15:30 modprobe.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Jan  2 01:27 modules.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1914 May  1  2002 mtools.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  679 Jan 27 18:18 named.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1083 Jun 20  2004 nsswitch.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  198 Apr 30 19:21 ntp.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   48 Apr 30 19:21 resolv.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2948 Jan  2 02:55 serial.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 3891 Apr 12  2004 smartd.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 8253 Apr 26 21:19 swaret.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1573 Mar 14  2003 syslog.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  206 May 30  2004 updatedb.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   29 Apr 30 19:21 yp.conf

is this file critically important?

gbonvehi · 05-01-2005, 02:01 PM

It's not critical that file. It the configuration for inetd which is used to activate servers (like web or ftp) on demand. I assume Slax doesn't need it since it's not targeting a server market.

arcturus · 05-01-2005, 03:02 PM

Thanks for the reply.

Services are running, either thru an 'on demand' /etc/rc.d/rc.filename start command

or

chmod +x of the service desired at startup.

Seems like inetd.conf is convenient as it handles multiple services in one file.

xushi · 05-01-2005, 03:04 PM

hmm, either i'm not understanding the question, or i do see it in your list

Code:

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1839 Jun 13  2004 identd.conf

gbonvehi · 05-01-2005, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xushi
hmm, either i'm not understanding the question, or i do see it in your list

Code:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1839 Jun 13 2004 identd.conf

He was asking about inetd.conf not identd.conf (tricky)

xushi · 05-01-2005, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gbonvehi
He was asking about inetd.conf not identd.conf (tricky)

lol it even took half a minute to spot the difference in that sentence above.. I need some sleep,