Re: PROPOSAL: Services, inetd and xinetd
>>>>> "Andreas" == Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:
Hi
Andreas> take a look at r2d2, a tool written by winfried truemper. it
Andreas> does exactly this : get rid of all init.d scripts for
Andreas> daemons, and offer a way to start them standalone, via inetd
Andreas> or via xinetd.
I think you took me wrong [if not, just ignore next couple
paragraphs :)]. I'm not touching how service daemons are arranged, but
how the information on that services is made available to
/etc/services, inetd and xinetd, which is needed for the system to run
properly.
I mean, if I install xinetd in favour of inetd, I want all my
old services back without I having to edit nothing, and if I install a
new package which provides an obscure *inetd based service not covered
in standard /etc/profile, then I want it to auto-setup it, as with menu
entries is done, not mattering if I switch back to inetd or stand on
xinetd, I want it to automatically be available to all inetd systems,
as well as on /etc/services.
I'm also starting to think on portmap entries ...
Andreas> btw: in my opinion debian needs a general resource database
Andreas> (something like windows nt registry, but with a better,
Andreas> unixlike implementation).
All unix flavours in general need something like that, but I
like the method actually used by Debian for these things [menu
entries, install info, etc ...]. It's easy, secure, reliable and
hand-fixable with a simple vi editor.
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