[PLUG] inetd

[Michael C. Robinson]

> 4. inetd does have some problems and I don't like the silly syntax
>    of the xinetd configuration files - especially the disable=yes
>    nonsense. If I wanted to launch daemons on demand I'd use
>    Bernstein's tools.
> 
> Ed

What's an easy way to find out if xinetd is what's launching some
daemon?  Doesn't a lot of stuff depend on it in a number of Linux
distributions?  What's the rationale for supporting daemons on 
demand other than saving memory?  Why does one need bernstein's
tools if there's no for need xinetd?  Does qmail need the daemons 
on demand feature?  On a Redhat system, 7.x on up, isn't xinetd
connected to a number of packages?  

One problem with rpm is that erase doesn't always destroys 
the files that go with a package.  So short of doing an 
rpm -ql before uninstalling a package, one may not know 
what files are getting left behind.  I'm wondering if I
can and should remove xinetd.

     --  Michael