topic Re: inetd deamon in Operating System - HP-UX

inetd deamon

Avadhoot_4 — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 07:24:16 GMT

can anybody tell me inetd -l option is used for ?

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Re: inetd deamon

Chris Wilshaw — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 07:35:52 GMT

inetd -l sets up connection logging.

from the man page:

When connection logging is enabled, the Internet daemon logs
attempted connections to services. It also logs connection
attempts which fail the security check

Re: inetd deamon

Jeff Schussele — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 15:54:49 GMT

Hi Avadhoot,

Using -l on the inetd daemon startup enacts enhanced connection logging into the /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file.
Basically shows where all successful as well as unsuccessful connection attempts are coming from.
Note: if inetd is already running using inetd -l will send a SIGQUIT signal to it & restart it with the logging enabled.

Rgds,
Jeff

Re: inetd deamon

Brian M Rawlings — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 16:18:12 GMT

All true, but one word of advice on this: depending on network traffic, the syslog.log file can grow dramatically larger with this option enabled, and needs to be monitored more closely to make sure the /var filesystem does not fill clear up.

Not a big deal, really, just keep an eye on it for a day or two, and you can extrapolate its growth in your environment, and decide if and when you'll need to take steps.

Regards, --bmr