/etc/inetd.conf equivalent for ubuntu

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Fri Sep 10 07:48:53 UTC 2010


Tapas Mishra wrote:
> Is inetd.conf not present when you install Ubuntu on your laptop.

No. IIRC, inetd is used by some services to listen on specific ports. 
However, Ubuntu has a policy of not having any ports open for a default 
install [1]. Therefore inetd isn't installed and there is no config file 
for the program which isn't installed.


Nils

[1] <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies>




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