Re: RFC: new update-inetd

[Richard A Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Anthony Towns wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 10:05:42AM -0400, Richard A Nelson wrote:
> > Would it be possible to add a query function - something along the lines
> > of:
> > # update-inetd query <service>
> > #                  [--netgroup=<group>]
>
> It would be possible. What, exactly, would it do?

Oh, heh...  It parse /etc/inetd.con and set the return based upon
the status of <service> [possibly in group <group>:
   * not installed
   * enabled
   * disabled
The last two are the most pressing, but I'll bet the first comes free
with the latter

-- 
Rick Nelson
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