Re: Syntax for binding to IPs in inetd?

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> 
> > > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 11:01:17AM - 0400, Alain Magloire wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >Ok, but you probably wants a list of features, that the new should/must
> >supported:
> >- read compatible/extended inetd.conf(for example openbsd(or one of the 
> >*BSD) has extend
> >   this a little for example binding of specific IP)
> </snip>
> 
> What exactly was the syntax to do this?  The Linux Administration Handbook 
> gives a generic inetd.conf syntax for doing this ([ipaddr|ifname]:service 
> is the first option in the line, there, if you want the service bound to 
> one IP), but trying the syntax listed there, with telnet (which I'd like to 
> run internally only), I get the following in my syslog:
> 
> Nov 20 05:02:23 (none) inetd[36]: 192.168.1.2:telnet/tcp: unknown service
> 
> The full line from the inetd.conf is
> 192.168.1.2:telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/telnetd telnetd -h
> I also tried using localhost:telnet, and got a slight variation of the same 
> error.
> 
> My guess would be that the three distributions discussed in the handbook 
> (RedHat using inetd rather than xinetd, SuSE, and Debian) would be running 
> a BSD-derivative of inetd.  Should this syntax work with inetutils/inetd as 
> well, or is there some other syntax?  A quick perusal of the inetd man page 
> didn't turn up much.
> 
> This is v1.4.1 of inetutils.

I do not think anybody is working to provide this,  patch are welcome.