Re: telnetd need inetd??

[Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey@uvm.edu>]

Ah, xinetd is a modularized replacement for inetd.  Given a choice 
between running xinetd and inetd, I'd take xinetd anyday.

So, you need to modify the /etc/xinet.d/telnet file to be appropriate 
for the heimdal telnetd.

Frank

On 6/30/08 10:32 AM, 王玥 wrote:
> Thank you for your answers.
> I have xintd instead of intd in FC8.And I found a
> document said that I need intd to run telnetd(or ftpd
> and so on).
> Since the heimdal manual said that the service program
> should be kerberosized(because the service program
> must call the heimdal or MIT's API??), so i don't know
> the telnetd in the /libexec/ of heimdal need inted or
> xinted in FC8? Or both of intd and xintd will be OK?
> 
> Thanks:) 
> 
> --- "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
> 
>> On 2008 Jun 30, at 4:12, <wangyue0921@yahoo.com.cn>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When I try to run telnetd ,it tell me
>> "getpeername: Socket operation  
>>> on
>>> non-socket" and exited.
>>> Does that mean I need inetd to run telnetd? Or can
>> I run telnetd  
>>> alone and how
>>> to do it.
>>>
>>> Maybe a silly question, but I didn't find any
>> useful imformation for  
>>> how to run
>>> a kerberosized server program.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much!
>>>
>>> PS:1,My OS now didn't have inetd yet.
>>>      2,when I run rshd or ftpd, it quit and the
>> "-d" parameter  
>>> doesn't tell me
>>> anything. Does rshd and ftpd also need inetd?
>>
>> Most Unix services, including telnetd, ftpd, rshd,
>> run under inetd (or  
>> alternative:  xinetd, launchd, upstart).  Your
>> distribution may not  
>> load an inetd by default, but it will have a package
>> for one in the  
>> installation medium (probably xinetd for Fedora).
>>
>> -- 
>> brandon s. allbery
>> [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell]
>> allbery@kf8nh.com
>> system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats]
>> allbery@ece.cmu.edu
>> electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon
>> university    KF8NH
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
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