starting a service on use

[Jamon Camisso]

On 07/10/10 08:22 PM, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On 07/10/10 06:52 PM, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>>> how do i start a service when a request comes in?
>>> i don't want the service running when the system boots up.
>>
>> You want to use xinetd.
>>
>> Jamon
> 
> afik ubuntu doesn't come with xinetd, i think it uses inetd? if so is
> it a simple matter of removing one and installing the other, do i need
> to worry about configuration files?

The configuration files are different. Functionally, it sounds either
will do what you're after so stick with Ubuntu's super-server.

Jamon
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