On Wed, 23 May 2001 08:14:54 -0400
Moses Backman III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have 2 linux machines - one runs redhat 7.1 and the other
runs mandrake
> 8.0, both redhat based and both are completely fooling me. i
am still trying
> to get back to linux after my time with FreeBSD. it still
seems weird
> dealing with runlevels and all, but i'll get used to it.
> my problem is i'm looking for and inetd.conf file to edit and
it's not
> there... so i see that we've moved to xinetd so i try to deal
with that, but
> there are daemons running which are not set up in xinetd.conf
and in fact if
> i don't start xinetd everything still works .. what gives
They are then not started through xinetd, but as standalone.
xinetd is usefull when you don't want to spend the resources on a
service you hardly use.
A service like apache, or a busy ftp, you will want to run that
as standalone.
You can check your config with different utilities, like ntsysv,
or DrakConf.
I like to use chkconfig.
chkconfig --list will list the enabled and disabled services.
chkconfig --del service will delete the service from the
startup.
chkconfig --add service should enable a service.
> where is this mystery config file? maybe then i get anonymous
ftp to work...
The runlevel sets which directory to look in; line /etc/rc3.d/
where the symlinks are.
when there is a file like /etc/rc3.d/S12syslogd (which is a
symlink to /etc/init.d/syslog) it means that syslogd will be
started (S) as 12th service.
/etc/rc3.d/S10network is being started before that. (watch the
10)
--
Marcel Pol
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
...my cow ate the CDs.
