inetd
inetd
- This daemon dynamically starts and stops services upon request.
- It binds ports for the services so you can run them on ‘privileged’ ports as an unprivileged user. (ports > 1023)
- Saves memory from running services that are only occasionally used - telnet, ftp, pop, tftp, bootp, r* commands.
- Configuration file is /etc/inetd.conf