From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 20:16:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D8416A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:16:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D452743D2F for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:16:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DFeA9-00045U-Vn for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:15:10 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:15:09 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:15:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:14:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: inetd vs standalone daemon X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:16:03 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-27, Gert Cuykens scribbled these curious markings: > Is inetd a daemon that start other daemons ? Kind of. Its manual page is very descriptive. > Is sql and apache a standalone daemon ? SQL is (or is not, depending upon whom you believe) the Structured Query Language. It's a standard, a concept, an idea. It has no representation as software. Certain implementations of SQL, however, in server-based environments manifest themselves as daemons, yes. Certain other implementations in server-like environments don't manifest themselves as daemons (e.g. SQLite). Apache can be run either way, but I've never found a need to run it under inetd. It's always served me well in standalone mode. > Can i delete inetd ? I wouldn't. Why do you want to do so? Besides, unless you add the appropriate flag somewhere in your buildworld infrastructure, it'll be built and reinstalled when you update your base system anyway. > I vote we get rid of inetd :) And I vote that you research your votes before making them. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRxSuk/lo7zvzJioRAkQyAKCFyKQqlkY45qBHNgiEno1mfGD7rwCfc9ZD vFw39yYDXVwRd+wGEvNSOEI= =1oct -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.