Show thread0mp at FreeBSDAug 7, 2025
@wolf480pl Brings #inetd to my mind.
Show threadElias ProbstJan 22, 2025
@rust_discussions in contrast to what the article claims, socket activation wasn't pioneered by Apple's #launchd, but much earlier in 1986 by #inetd as part of BSD 4.3.
reynirAug 14, 2024
I read that #inetd hooks up stdin, stdout and stderr of the service program. But what does it hook stderr to? The network socket? Or something else? I struggle a bit with the thought of stderr going over the network...
vintage screwlisp accountApr 9, 2023
#openbsd #sh #magic @prahou @ParadeGrotesque @solene sorry, does anyone know why enabling #inetd in /etc/rc.conf.local and commenting in #ntalkd in /etc/inetd.conf and starting inetd isn't sufficient to #talk(1) ? #write(1) to the #tty(1) works.
Michael Connor BuchanFeb 19, 2021

I've been obsessed with #C recently. Been reading lots of the #GNULibC manual, and just admiring what a feature
complete library it is (I always thaught you didn't get much of a stdlib with C for some odd reason, but of
course #Posix).

Came across the section on #inetd, so I decided to write my own as a learning experience. Obviously inetd today has
security issues, but it's a good way to learn about sockets, parsing config files, and a bunch of other posix stuff.