This is a port of the xinetd 2.0.6 internet super daemon.

The xinetd daemon is somewhat a combination of the  inetd which we are
all  familar  with  and the  tcpd code.   It  has some  advantages and
disadvantages to the combination of the two items.

The format of the control file is radically different from the version
used by inetd.  There  is a program, called  itox,  which will convert
your existing /etc/inetd.conf file to the /etc/xinetd.conf file.

I have included my xinetd.conf file. It is very similar to the version
which  is originally shipped with  the Slackware package. In addition,
you will find the sample  conf file FROM  THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE in  the
doc directory. Please, don't write  to me and  tell me that the sample
file will not work  for you. It originated from  a BSD system and most
of the directories will be different.

When you run the itox conversion program please don't forget that most
Linux distrubtions are shipped with tcpd. This means that you must run
itox as follows:

itox -daemon_dir /usr/sbin </etc/inetd.conf >/etc/xinetd.conf
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     This is an important. The program won't run without it.

The xidentd has  the ability to  limit the number of connections which
are made for  any single service. It is  one  of the advantages  of it
over identd. However, if you are using  wu-ftpd, then you should *NOT*
enable this  for  the ftpd service. Let  the   wu-ftpd code limit  the
connections via the ftpaccess file.

The original Slackware identd.conf had  had propigated the BSD mistake
which called the  'timed'  service as 'time'.  The 'timed'  service is
designed to  synchronize the clocks  between  the network  system on a
micosecond basis.  The  'time' service is  an  internal service  which
returns the clock time as a 32 bit unsigned number. Please be aware of
the differences.

Al Longyear  <longyear@netcom.com>
18 Janurary 1995
