pros/cons of running services from inetd vs standalone daemons

[crash3m]

inetd will cause them to start a liiiitle bit slower, and adds
something extra to break.  But I've never had a problem with
inetd/xinetd, with the exception being user error but with anything
I'm touching thats not unlikely.

Matt

On 1/24/06, hanasaki <hanasaki at hanaden.com> wrote:
> Any opinions on the reasons to run services from inetd vs leaving them
> running as daemons?
>
> The main thing that comes to mind is for busy services like an MTA/email
> or Samba there is less overhead because there aren't alot of processes
> being spawned / forked.
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