From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: NT inetd (remote.tar.gz) questions; archive search down 20 Sep 1998 01:47:25 -0700 Message-ID: <19980919151934.11867.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send101.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, Steve Morris Cc: noer AT cygnus DOT com To search the archives use http://www.eGroups.com/list/gnu-win32 mail list site. It remains upto date with the list. Geoff, I suggest you just point the list there for now. ---Steve Morris wrote: > > > Argh!! The search function is temporarily disabled for the archives. I know > these questions are answered in the archives somewhere. > > Please feel free to point me to documentation. Give me advice today and you > help me today. Give me a pointer to documentation and you help me for life. Or > is that fish. ;) > > On Sergey's web page he says: > > How to run inetd: > > ... > > Windows NT: remove "Simple TCP/IP services" (if any) - inetd have the same > > functionality built-in. > > > > Start /usr/local/sbin/inetd as a service using srvany utility from Windows NT > > Resource Kit, or freeware AutoexNT or invoker utility. Inetd should be started > > with "-d" option (see corresponding manuals how to provide command line > > options for started applications). You will have no easy ability to stop inetd > > service running without -d option (kill from resource kit will help you). > > Ok so far. > > > The account of a service must have a valid cygwin's mount table. > > 1) How is the account of a service determined. I see no reference to it in the > service control. Should I create a special account just for inetd? Does > this help me control security? Or do I just use the administrators account? > I will be up 24x7 so security will be an important issue. > > 2) How do I create mount tables for various accounts? Actually what I really > want to know is where is the cygwin mount behavior documented. I have been > meaning to figure out how to switch to binary mounts anyway. So far I have > a vanilla install with whatever mount table the install gave me. Since I > have only a large C: drive this works but is probably not optimal. > > 3) As long as I am asking, where is the documentation for the cygwin32 > environment variables? I see them mentioned often on this list but I have > never seen the doc. > > 4) Is this the same inetd package that comes with linux. Can I use that doc to > figure out configuration issues? > > Thanks and sorry for cluttering the bandwidth with previously answered > questions. > > Steve Morris > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > == - \\||// -----------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o------------ -- earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com -- -- http://freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 -- --------------ooo0O--O0ooo--------------- PS: Newbie's, you should visit my page. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".