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Howto restart inetd service / daemon under Linux

Posted by Vivek Gite [Last updated: May 1, 2007]

Q. Can you tell us the command to restart inetd service under Linux?

A. inetd is a daemon on many Linux and Unix like systems that manages Internet services such as ftp, pop3 and many others.

According to wikipedia:
Often called a super-server, inetd listens on all ports used by internet services such as FTP, POP3, and telnet. When a TCP packet or UDP packet comes in with a particular port number, inetd launches the appropriate server program to handle the connection. For services that are not expected to run with high loads, this method uses memory more efficiently, as the specific servers run only when needed.

Task: Start inetd service

Type the command:
# /etc/init.d/inetd start

Task: Stop inetd service

Type the command:
# /etc/init.d/inetd stop

Task: Restart inetd service

Type the command:
# /etc/init.d/inetd restart

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Discussion on This FAQ

  1. tuxxer Says:

    Does not work for me: File does not exist!

  2. nick humphrey Says:

    maybe
    /usr/sbin/update-inetd
    ?
    just try:
    locate inetd

  3. nick humphrey Says:

    sudo apt-get install telnetd

  4. nick humphrey Says:

    then to restart inetd you run:
    sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart

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