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Internet Daemon

inetd Conﬁguration File

The Internet daemon accesses the conﬁguration data it needs by

reading the ﬁle /etc/inetd.conf in the POSIX name space. When you

install or update to version C.60.00 of MPE/iX, you receive a sample

conﬁguration ﬁle that you can use as a template for your own inetd

conﬁguration ﬁle if you don’t already have one. This process involves

two steps: creating the actual ﬁle in the MPE name space and creating

a symbolic link that points from the POSIX ﬁle /etc/inetd.conf to

the MPE ﬁle. The steps to create and link the ﬁle is explained later in

this section. The reasons Hewlett-Packard recommends symbolic

linking is explained in Chapter 1 , “Introduction to Internet Services.”

The Internet daemon reads its conﬁguration ﬁle on three occasions:

• When inetd is started during normal system startup

• When inetd is started following a network shutdown as opposed to a

system shutdown

• When you instruct an executing inetd to reread the conﬁguration

ﬁle after you have made changes to it that you wish to put into effect

Creating and Linking inetd Conﬁguration File

You may already have a conﬁguration ﬁle for inetd installed on your

system. If you know that you have such a ﬁle, and it is accessible by the

POSIX ﬁle name /etc/inetd.conf you may skip these steps.

If not, follow these steps to create the ﬁle and link to it. If you have such

a ﬁle, but are unsure whether or not it is linked, perform step 2 only.

1. Create your own conﬁguration ﬁle by using the COPY command to

rename the sample ﬁle. Enter:

:COPY INCNFSMP.NET.SYS TO INETDCNF.NET.SYS

2. Create a symbolic link from /etc/inetd.conf in the POSIX name

space to INETDCNF.NET.SYS. Enter:

:NEWLINK /etc/inetd.conf, INETDCNF.NET.SYS

3. Check the security provisions of the ﬁle and change them, if

necessary. Hewlett-Packard recommends that only MANAGER.SYS has

write access to INETDCNF.NET.SYS, and write and purge access to

/etc/inetd.conf.