inetd

[Mikus Grinbergs]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:52:32 -0500 Phillip Susi <psusi at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> stan wrote:
> > It appeasr the Ubuntu does not have inetd installed by default.
> > What is used in it's place?o
> >
> > I don't seem to see xinetd eihter, which is one alternative.
>
> There are no listening services installed by default in ubuntu, and most
> of the server packages you can install run as daemons themselves, so
> inetd is not needed.

A comment about Ubuntu "ease of use":

On another distribution - I can download pure-ftpd, go into the (GUI)
inetd configuration, and set pure-ftpd to "active".   Fairly simple.

On Ubuntu - I downloaded pure-ftpd, but could not find any SIMPLE
way to get it launched.  [Currently I'm invoking 'pure-ftpd' from
the command line on the Ubuntu system when I need to transfer
files under the control of another system.]

I've looked in all the menus (and GUI settings) I could find in my
Ubuntu system, and NOWHERE found anything to "activate" pure-ftpd.
[Not even within something called "PureFTPdAdministration"]


mikus