xinetd [was A vi question]

[stan]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 01:23:45PM -0700, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
> 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.

 I am assuming that the process should be presnt from the time I make a
 conection, till I exit it, or it times out, right? That's when I was
 chcking.

 Or does xinetd manage the connections, and only invoked tftpd during
 actual tansfers?


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