It only has it's uses if you are running any services through it. If you are going to # out all the services in /etc/inetd.conf, why not just shut inetd down alltogether? Seems logical to me.
Mark Karl Breitner wrote: > Hmm, I don't understand this discussion about disabling inetd > it has it's uses. Just fire up your favourite text editor pointed at > /etc/inetd.conf > and insert a hashmark # in front of every line for a service you don't > want to provide to the public. > > Best Rgards > /Karl > > > > > > "Noah L. Meyerhans" wrote: > >>On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 04:49:46PM +0200, Juhan Kundla wrote: >> >>>Yikes! I guess, you didn't remove inetd that way, right? But how then? >>> >>> >>As root: >>/etc/init.d/inetd stop >>rm /etc/rc?.d/S??inetd >> >>It will not be started again, but the K??inetd links will still be in >>place so the next upgrade won't override your decisions. >> >>noah >> >>-- >> _______________________________________________________ >>| Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ >>| PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature >> > -- ______________________________________________________ Mark Drummond mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Technojunkie http://gojuka.dyndns.org/ Face every day with new eyes. - The Deviates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]