Date: 25 Feb 98 14:32:25 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: inetd and portmapper Message-ID: <ae1_9802251457@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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I am a little unsure about what inetd and portmapper does. As far as I know, inetd looks at a bunch of ports, described in /etc/inetd.conf, and if somebody connects to say port 119, it starts the popper program. (The number is probably wrong, but the principle..) What does portmapper then do? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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