Re: Inetd vs. Xinetd

2005-12-29 Thread Joseph Haig
--- Rick Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simply put... being the relative newbie that I am, is there an > advantage to > having the xinetd package rather than netkit-inetd? Currently, I have > > netkit-inetd installed. Would I be better off removing it and > installing > xinetd? > > An

Re: Inetd vs. Xinetd

2005-12-27 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Rick Friedman wrote: > Simply put... being the relative newbie that I am, is there an advantage to > having the xinetd package rather than netkit-inetd? Currently, I have > netkit-inetd installed. Would I be better off removing it and installing > xinetd? That depends solely on your needs. "a

Inetd vs. Xinetd

2005-12-26 Thread Rick Friedman
Simply put... being the relative newbie that I am, is there an advantage to having the xinetd package rather than netkit-inetd? Currently, I have netkit-inetd installed. Would I be better off removing it and installing xinetd? Any insight is greatly appreciated. Rick -- Rick's Law: What can

Re: inetd vs xinetd

2001-12-01 Thread nate
> Does your /etc/init.d/xinetd not have the following? > You shouldn't have to modify it at all; just use > /etc/init.d/xinetd reload hmm seems to work. i coulda sworn ive tried it several times in the past and it did not work thanks nate

Re: inetd vs xinetd

2001-11-30 Thread Vineet Kumar
* nate ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011130 12:23]: > > > > I haven't used xinetd, but just read (1) that it'll reread > > its config files from a USR2 signal. Does that not work, or > > perhaps is it not sufficient? > > woah. yeah that worked :) thanks! > > in most other programs ive used -12 always h

Re: inetd vs xinetd

2001-11-30 Thread nate
> I haven't used xinetd, but just read (1) that it'll reread > its config files from a USR2 signal. Does that not work, or > perhaps is it not sufficient? woah. yeah that worked :) thanks! in most other programs ive used -12 always has the program exit .most useful for netscape.. cool! no

Re: inetd vs xinetd

2001-11-30 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 03:20:38PM -0800, nate wrote: > > in my experience . > > pros to xinetd: > ... > cons: > - any change in xinetd requires a RESTART. kill -HUP won't do it. and > this can cause problems if you have sockets in use(e.g. you run a mail > server). sometimes ive had to shut

Re: inetd vs xinetd

2001-11-29 Thread nate
> From reading about xinetd lately, I thought I'd like to try using > it instead of the traditional inetd. > in my experience . pros to xinetd: - easy to have a service bind to a single interface(like localhost) - faster and more robust then inetd - has fine grain access controls for turning

Re: inetd vs xinetd

2001-11-29 Thread dman
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:57:19PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: | From reading about xinetd lately, I thought I'd like to try using it | instead of the traditional inetd. | | However, I find that the netbase package, on which almost all networking | software seems to depend, even if only indirectly

inetd vs xinetd

2001-11-29 Thread Craig Dickson
>From reading about xinetd lately, I thought I'd like to try using it instead of the traditional inetd. However, I find that the netbase package, on which almost all networking software seems to depend, even if only indirectly, depends on netkit-inetd. So it seems to be impossible to remove inetd