micro_inetd.1

NAME

       micro_inetd - simple network service spawner

SYNOPSIS

       micro_inetd <port> <program>

DESCRIPTION

       Like  inetd,  this program listens on the net for requests
       and spawns a server to handle them.  However, it only han­
       dles  one  port and one program.  The intended use is when
       you have a server that expects to be run by inetd, but you
       only  want  to run it temporarily and don't want to bother
       with putting it into /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf and
       restarting inetd.  Instead, just start up micro_inetd, and
       when you're done just ^C it.

       Other limitations:

       *    Full inetd lets you specify the socket type as one of
            stream,  dgram,  raw, rdm, or seqpacket;  micro_inetd
            only implements stream.

       *    Full  inetd  lets  you  specify   wait   or   nowait;
            micro_inetd only implements nowait.

       *    Full  inetd  lets  you  specify  a user-id to run the
            server as; micro_inetd doesn't try  to  switch  user-
            ids.

SEE ALSO

       inetd(8), inetd.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       Copyright  (C)  1996 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@acme.com>.  All
       rights reserved.