/etc/inetd.conf Configuration File

The general file layout of the /etc/inetd.conf file is organized as a text file, with each text line representing one record, which describes one Internet service. Lines starting with # are simply comment lines and are ignored.

The blank (or tab) separated fields are described in Table 15.1 with some examples (fields are listed in order from left to right).

Table 15.1: The /etc/inetd.conf Configuration Record

Field #	Description	Example
1	Internet service name	telnet (this might also be a port number)
2	Socket	type stream or dgram
3	Protocol	tcp or udp
4	Flags	nowait or wait
5	Userid to use	root or nobody
6	Pathname of executable	/usr/sbin/in.telnetd
7	Server arguments	in.telnetd

See sample /etc/inetd.conf file