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Re: what binds to port



On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 03:21:47PM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> >>> > Can I assume there is something else binding to the scanner address ?

[...]

> >>it's inetd
> >>tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:sane-port       0.0.0.0:*
> >>LISTEN
> >>869/inetd

[...]

> The only thing not commented out is
> sane-port stream tcp nowait saned /usr/sbin/scanbm scanbm
> 
> The scanbd installer package must have put it there.
> I'm thinking inetd is the thing that is watching and tells scanbm to
> wake up.

Exactly: that's inetd's job (well, it used to be, until
systemd "reinvented" it).

Cheers
 - t

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