Dirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know inetd forwards a programms (servers) stdout to the client... but > where does it forward the requests from a client to? It's not stdin.. > > > It there any simple example server available that was written to work > with inetd?
There is Stephens' UNIX Network Prgramming, vol 1, 2nd edition. To summarize: inetd listen to some given port (given by /etc/inetd.conf). When a connection happens, inetd forks the server. The child process closes all the file descriptos except for the new socket connection. It call dup2() three times, duplicating 0, 1, 2 (stdin, stout, stderr). Closes the socket. Child exec() the server. The server therefore uses stdin, stdout, and stderr to communicate with the other side. At the parent, the parent (inetd) closes the socket. I think proftpd can work with inetd. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
