xinetd

[Ben Ricker]

There are basically three ways to spawn daemons:

1. Though init scripts within the rcX.d directories, where 'X' denotes
the runlevel you are currently running at (3 is multiuser without a gui
and includes rc2.d as well (or is that just on Solaris).

2) Through xinetd. The services are enabled when the 'disabled' property
is set to 'no'. To disable an unneeded service, set 'diabled' to 'yes'.
You need to restart xinetd after doing this. Likewise you can remove the
file from the directory, but it is cleaner to disable it. 

3) An admin (or even user, depending on their rights or the daemon
involved) can start a daemon from command line. To stop the daemon, you
use the 'kill' command.

HTH,

Ben Ricker

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 14:34, Patrick Larkin wrote:
> Hello --
> 
> In keeping with my previous posts about memory issues, I'm trying to 
> get rid of unwanted daemons.  I'm not familiar with xinetd.  From what 
> I gather from the man pages, it fires servers on an as needed basis.  
> However, in my ps list I see "cups"  and others that should not have 
> received a connection.  Also, how do I rid myself of these services?  
> In inetd, I could comment a line...what do I do now?  Removed the entry 
> from the xinetd.d directory?  Thanks again.
> 
> 
> Patrick
> 
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