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Date:      Fri, 9 Jun 2000 11:21:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>
To:        Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Inetd Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006091120140.25307-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
In-Reply-To: <001201bfd23f$c866dbe0$070101c0@ruraltel.net>

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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Darryl Hoar wrote:

> If I have a machine that is just using PPP on a dialup to
> provide internet access for my lan, do I need to run inetd ?

inetd is commonly used to run telnet, FTP, and assorted other services.  
If you're using any of those, you need to run inetd.  If not, then disable
inetd.  Check /etc/inetd.conf to see which services are run out of inetd.

It's always a good idea to disable any unused services anyway.

Ken Bolingbroke
hacker@bolingbroke.com



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