Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:11:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd and portmapper Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225201022.28338r-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <ae1_9802251457@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On 25 Feb 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > I am a little unsure about what inetd and portmapper does. Inetd is sometimes called the `super server daemon' since it listens on ports listed in /etc/inetd.conf for connections, and when they come in, it starts the program specified on the port's line on that port. portmapper is used for RPC (Remote Procedure Call) services to attach a service to a network port. Hint: Type `man <program>' to find out what <program> does. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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