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author | dwmalone <dwmalone@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-08-03 15:45:38 +0000 |
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committer | dwmalone <dwmalone@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-08-03 15:45:38 +0000 |
commit | f36f8d5bae2c807884f6707c6d3b169c3e868e85 (patch) | |
tree | 2f66ed57f139993cd0aa9de4e3a40c0c7ad6fde4 /usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 | |
parent | 66d22fe285ca84420182a8dae0bba6b6fa3d4bf0 (diff) | |
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Explain "-c" option more exactly and state the default in the man
page.
Add ability to run "inetd -R 0" to disable the default connection
per minute limit of 256 connections. Document this in man page.
Don't use maxchild as a boolean - instead check if it is greater
than zero.
Reviewed by: sheldonh
Based on a patch by: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 index 1552722..c10f9cd 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 @@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ section for more information on TCP Wrappers support. Turn on TCP Wrapping for internal services which are built in to .Nm inetd . .It Fl c Ar maximum -Specify the default maximum number of services that can be invoked. +Specify the default maximum number of +simultaneous invocations of each service; +the default is unlimited. May be overridden on a per-service basis with the "max-child" parameter. .It Fl C Ar rate @@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ May be overridden on a per-service basis with the .It Fl R Ar rate Specify the maximum number of times a service can be invoked in one minute; the default is 256. +A rate of 0 allows an unlimited number of invocations. .It Fl a Specify a specific IP address to bind to. Alternatively, a hostname can be specified, |