inetd.conf

[Nobody's Hero]

Can someone please tell me what these entries are for in inetd.conf?

daytime stream tcp nowait root internal
time stream tcp nowait root internal
daytime dgram udp wait root internal
time dgram udp wait root internal

[Nobody's Hero]

Oh yes, and are they related to 'timed' daemon ?

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

These are the so-called "small tcp services".

The 'daytime' simply returns a day and time.

The 'time' returns a time in seconds.

You have one for the tcp protocol and another for the udp protocol.

You can disable these services as they are generally only useful in debugging and/or small demonstration programs. You should configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) for reliable time-keeping.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Jeff_Traigle]

They are not related to "xntpd". (A quick Google search shows this is probably the equivalent to IBM's "timed" in AIX.)

Those are internal inetd services. Daytime reports system time in human readable format. Time reports system time as the number of seconds since midnight January 1, 1900).

See inetd(1M) man page.

[dirk dierickx]

those are entries best disabled ;)