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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 03:38:45 -0400
committerB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2022-03-14 03:38:45 -0400
commit5037e7f8341cdc4642d074734e191a945950b407 (patch)
tree4965d338293b63cc675cacf0f1364e363699046f /network
parent93bce8ce2c7c501baebbe8c2c88b95dba43c21cb (diff)
network/xinetd: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'network')
-rw-r--r--network/xinetd/README24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/network/xinetd/README b/network/xinetd/README
index 8c50f8775b98c..bf77dbabe0585 100644
--- a/network/xinetd/README
+++ b/network/xinetd/README
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-Xinetd is a powerful inetd replacement. Xinetd has access control mechanisms,
-extensive logging capabilities, the ability to make services available based
-on time, can place limits on the number of servers that can be started,
-and has a configurable defence mechanisms to protect against port scanners,
-among other things.
+Xinetd is a powerful inetd replacement. Xinetd has access control
+mechanisms, extensive logging capabilities, the ability to make
+services available based on time, can place limits on the number of
+servers that can be started, and has a configurable defence mechanisms
+to protect against port scanners, among other things.
-Before starting xinetd, you may wish to switch inetd off if it is running.
-To do this:
+Before starting xinetd, you may wish to switch inetd off if it is
+running. To do this:
-Do a "ps x" as root and look up the pid of inetd. Then do "kill <pid of inetd>"
+Do a "ps x" as root and look up the pid of inetd. Then do "kill <pid
+of inetd>"
-Stop inetd from starting at boot: chmod 0644 /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd
-Start xinetd on boot by adding the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
+Stop inetd from starting at boot: chmod 0644 /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd
+
+Start xinetd on boot by adding the following lines to
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local:
if [ ! -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd ] && [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.xinetd ]; then
/etc/rc.d/rc.xinetd start
@@ -19,4 +22,3 @@ Ensure that /etc/rc.d/{rc.local,rc.xinetd} have executable permissions.
Alternatively, you can avoid all of the edits to rc.local:
mv /etc/rc.d/rc.xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd
-