.TH micro_inetd 1 "17 December 2000"
.SH NAME
micro_inetd - simple network service spawner
.SH SYNOPSIS
micro_inetd port program [args ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Like inetd, this program listens on the net for requests and spawns a
server to handle them.
However, it only handles one port and one program.
The intended use is when you have a server that expects to be run by
inetd, but you only want to run it temporarily and don't want to bother
with putting it into /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf and restarting inetd.
Instead, just start up micro_inetd, and when you're done just ^C it.
.PP
Other limitations:
.TP 5
*
Full inetd lets you specify the socket type as one of stream, dgram, raw,
rdm, or seqpacket;  micro_inetd only implements stream.
.TP 5
*
Full inetd lets you specify wait or nowait;
micro_inetd only implements nowait.
.TP 5
*
Full inetd lets you specify a user-id to run the server as;
micro_inetd doesn't try to switch user-ids.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
inetd(8), inetd.conf(5)
.SH AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1996,2000 by Jef Poskanzer <jef@mail.acme.com>.
All rights reserved.
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