xinetd [was A vi question]

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 15:56 -0400, stan wrote:

> I still don't see tftpd running in the process table though, but I cna
> transfer files, both wats. Can anyone explain why i would not see the tftpd
> proocess with ps?

xinetd forks the tftpd process on each connection.  You will not see the
process unless a transfer is actively in process.
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