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Internet Daemon

Overview of inetd

daytime Returns the current time in a format readable by

people.

time Returns current time in a format useful to machines,

for example, the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970.

inetd Files

There are four ﬁles of importance as shown in Table 2-1, for conﬁguring

and using inetd. Once you have installed or updated to version C.60.00

or later, of MPE/iX, these ﬁles are located in the NET group of the SYS

account.

Table 2-1 The Internet Daemon Files

The remainder of this chapter explains how to copy, link and edit these

ﬁles to create a working version of the Internet daemon on your system.

File Description

INETD.NET.SYS The program ﬁle for inetd which is linked to the

POSIX ﬁle /etc/inetd.

INCNFSMP.NET.SYS The sample conﬁguration ﬁle for inetd. You will

copy the sample ﬁle to INETDCNF.NET.SYS, create

a symbolic link from the POSIX ﬁle

/etc/inetd.conf to INETDCNF.NET.SYS, and

edit it as necessary.

INSECSMP.NET.SYS The sample security ﬁle for inetd. You will copy

this ﬁle to INETDSEC.NET.SYS, create a symbolic

link from the POSIX ﬁle /usr/adm/inetd.sec to

INETDSEC.NET.SYS, and edit it as necessary.

JINETD.NET.SYS The job ﬁle that you will stream to start inetd and

abort to stop inetd. You won't need to copy, link, or

edit this ﬁle.