Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (August 2002)

Chapter 2
Internet Daemon
inetd Configuration File
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The Internet daemon reads its configuration file on three occasions:
• When inetd is started during normal system startup
• When inetd is started following a network shutdown as opposed to a system shutdown
• When you instruct an executing inetd to reread the configuration file after you have made changes to it
that you wish to put into effect
Creating and Linking inetd Configuration File
You may already have a configuration file for inetd installed on your system. If you know that you have such
a file, and it is accessible by the POSIX file name /etc/inetd.conf you may skip these steps.
If not, follow these steps to create the file and link to it. If you have such a file, but are unsure whether or not
it is linked, perform step 2 only.
1. Create your own configuration file by using the COPY command to rename the sample file. Enter:
:COPY INCNFSMP.NET.SYS TO INETDCNF.NET.SYS
2. Create a symbolic link from /etc/inetd.conf in the POSIX name space to INETDCNF.NET.SYS. Enter:
:NEWLINK /etc/inetd.conf, INETDCNF.NET.SYS
3. Check the security provisions of the file and change them, if necessary. Hewlett-Packard recommends
that only MANAGER.SYS has write access to INETDCNF.NET.SYS, and write and purge access to
/etc/inetd.conf.