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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com>
Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf
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On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:37:01PM -0500, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> It would be useful to have back the program specification variable for 
> inetd.  Currently we have:
> 
> inetd_enable="YES"              # Run the network daemon dispatcher (or NO).
> inetd_flags="-wW"               # Optional flags to inetd
> 
> and the /etc/rc.* files assume the use of the stock inetd.  Where some 
> people choose to use alternative inetd-like programs such as xinetd.
[...]

Nice idea!  And the fix is simple.  The included patch will correct it :-)

[ do we really need to cross-post this? ]

- giorgos

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diff -r -u etc.orig/defaults/rc.conf etc/defaults/rc.conf
--- etc.orig/defaults/rc.conf	Tue Nov  7 00:59:39 2000
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf	Tue Nov  7 00:58:40 2000
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 syslogd_enable="YES"		# Run syslog daemon (or NO).
 syslogd_flags="-s"		# Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
 inetd_enable="YES"		# Run the network daemon dispatcher (or NO).
+inetd_program="inetd"		# path to inetd, if you don't want stock inetd
 inetd_flags="-wW"		# Optional flags to inetd
 #
 # named.  It may be possible to run named in a sandbox, man security for
diff -r -u etc.orig/rc etc/rc
--- etc.orig/rc	Tue Nov  7 00:59:29 2000
+++ etc/rc	Tue Nov  7 00:55:27 2000
@@ -395,7 +395,10 @@
 [Nn][Oo])
 	;;
 *)
-	echo -n ' inetd';	inetd ${inetd_flags}
+	if [ -x ${inetd_program:-/usr/sbin/inetd} ]; then
+		echo -n ' inetd';
+		${inetd_program:-/usr/sbin/inetd} ${inetd_flags}
+	fi
 	;;
 esac
 

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