Re: Inetd vs. Xinetd

Rick Friedman wrote:

> Simply put... being the relative newbie that I am, is there an advantage to
> having the xinetd package rather than netkit-inetd? Currently, I have
> netkit-inetd installed. Would I be better off removing it and installing
> xinetd?

That depends solely on your needs. "apt-cache show xinetd" will show
you an overview of xinetd's features.

Regards,
Dennis

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