Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (July 2001)

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Introduction to Internet Services
Overview of Internet Services
• Making the POSIX name point to the MPE name ensures that the
file will be backed up with standard MPE STORE procedures in case
you haven’t modified your STORE command to back up new or
changed files in the POSIX name space.
Installed Configuration Files
If you install and configure all of the Internet Services according to the
instructions in this manual, you will have the set of files described in
Table 1-2.
Table 1-2 Configuration Files
Sample name MPE name space HFS name
space
Description
SERVSAMP.
NET.SYS
SERVICES.NET.SYS /etc/services The services name file, which
associates an official service name
and alias with the port number
and protocol that a service uses.
You will edit the services file for
each new service you are adding to
your system. The executing
program uses the file named
SERVICES.NET.SYS.
PROTSAMP.NET
.SYS
PROTOCOL.NET.SYS /etc/protocols The file containing a list of
protocols known to the system and
the identification number and one
or more aliases for each. You will
rarely, if ever, need to edit this file.
The executing program uses the
file named PROTOCOL.NET.SYS.
INCNFSMP.NET
.SYS
INETDCNF.NET.SYS /etc/inetd.
conf
The configuration file for the
Internet daemon inetd, which
determines which installed
Internet Services are available to
users. The executing program uses
the file named /etc/inetd.conf.
INSECSMP.
NET.SYS
INETDSEC.NET.SYS /usr/adm/inetd
.sec
The optional security file for
inetd, which lets you control
access to individual services by
specific nodes. The executing
program uses the file named
/usr/adm/inetd.sec.
BPTABSMP.
NET.SYS
BOOTPTAB.NET.SYS /etc/bootptab The configuration file for the
Bootstrap protocol daemon,
bootpd. The executing program
uses the file named
/etc/bootptab.