.TH inetd.conf 5 
.UC 4
.SH NAME
inetd.conf \- internet daemon configuration data base
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B inetd.conf
file contains information regarding
the services that
inetd(8c)
will handle by opening sockets and listening for requests.
For each service a single line should be present
with the following information:
.IP \(bu 3
Official service name (must be in /etc/services)
.IP \(bu 3
Socket type (stream or dgram)
.IP \(bu 3
Protocol name (must be in /etc/protocols)
.IP \(bu 3
Delay (wait or nowait)
.IP \(bu 3
User name under which process is to be run
.IP \(bu 3
Program (fully specified server program name)
.IP \(bu 3
Arguments (up to five arguments for server program)
.PP
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters.  
A ``#'' indicates the beginning of
a comment; characters up to the end of the line are
not interpreted by routines which search the file.
.PP
Fields may contain any printable
character other than a field delimiter, newline,
or comment character.
.PP
A server marked as wait must be able to handle all requests that
come to it during its lifetime.  The
inetd(8c)
program will not invoke any new instances of the program until the
current one terminates.  If a server is marked as nowait, then
a new invocation of the server will be started for every incoming request.
.SH FILES
/etc/inetd.conf
.SH "SEE ALSO"
protocols(5), services(5), inetd(8c)