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inetd(8c) [ultrix man page]

inetd(8c)																 inetd(8c)

Name
       inetd - internet service daemon

Syntax
       /etc/inetd [ -d ] [ configfile ]

Description
       The daemon is the listener daemon for most of the internet service functions.

       When is started, it reads the configuration file specified (configfile) and opens a socket for each specified service.

       When receives a connection on a stream socket or a packet on a datagram socket, then invokes the server specified in the configuration file
       to service the request.	The server is given a socket descriptor of 0 for the service requested.  The configfile is the configuration  file
       specifying  the services requiring the daemon's services.  If a configuration file is not specified, then uses the default file, The format
       of this file is described in The configuration file is reread whenever receives a hangup signal.

Options
       -d Open all sockets with the debug option.  The socket will be passed to the server with debug enabled.

Restrictions
       The daemon can only handle a limited number of services at any one time.  This number is related to the maximum number of file  descriptors
       that a process can have.  If many services are needed, you should run multiple copies of each with its own individual configuration file.

Files
See Also
       inetd.conf(5)

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NAME
in.timed - UDP or TCP time protocol service daemon SYNOPSIS
in.timed FMRI svc:/internet/time:default DESCRIPTION
FMRI stands for Fault Management Resource Identifier. It is used to identify resources managed by the Fault Manager. See fmd(1M) and smf(5). The in.timed service provides the server-side of the time protocol. The time server sends to requestors the time in seconds since midnight, January 1, 1900. The time protocol is available on both TCP and UDP transports through port 37. The in.timed service is an inetd(1M) smf(5) delegated service. The in.timed detects which transport is requested by examining the socket it is passed by the inetd daemon. TCP-based service Once a connection is established, the in.timed sends the time as a 32-bit binary number and closes the connection. Any received data is ignored. UDP-based service The in.timed listens for UDP datagrams. When a datagram is received, the server generates a UDP datagram containing the time as a 32-bit binary number and sends it to the client. Any received data is ignored. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcnsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
inetd(1M), attributes(5), smf(5) RFC 868 SunOS 5.10 23 Aug 2004 in.timed(1M)
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