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DebianNet(3pm)		   Linux Programmer's Manual		DebianNet(3pm)

NAME
       DebianNet.pm   -	  create,   remove,   enable   or   disable  entry  in
       /etc/inetd.conf

SYNOPSIS
       require DebianNet;

       DebianNet::add_service($newentry, $group);

       DebianNet::remove_service($entry);

       DebianNet::enable_service($service, $pattern);

       DebianNet::disable_service($service, $pattern);

DESCRIPTION
       You can use the functions in DebianNet.pm to to add, remove, enable  or
       disable	entries in the /etc/inetd.conf file. After the /etc/inetd.conf
       file has been changed, a SIGHUP	signal	will  be  sent	to  the	 inetd
       process	to make sure that inetd will use the new /etc/inetd.conf file.
       The functions can also be used to add entries that are commented out by
       default. They will be treated like normal entries. That also means that
       if you already have an entry that is commented out  you	can't  add  an
       entry for the same service without removing the old one first.

       The  DebianNet functions treat entries that are commented out by a sin‐
       gle '#' character as entries that have been commented out by a user. It
       won't change such entries.

	For  shell  scripts  you  can  also  use the update-inetd command. See
       update-inetd(8) for further information.

VARIABLES
       $DebianNet::inetdcf = ”FILENAME";
	      Use FILENAME instead of /etc/inetd.conf (e.g. for	 testing  pur‐
	      poses).

       $DebianNet::sep = ”#<off># ”;
	      ”#<off># ”  will be used as the default comment characters.  You
	      can use this option to  specify  different  comment  characters.
	      This  is	only  necessary if you have to deal with two (or more)
	      services of the same name.

       $DebianNet::multi = ”true";
	      If you want to disable/remove more than one entry at a time  you
	      should use this option. If you try to remove more than one entry
	      at a time without using this option  the	program	 will  show  a
	      warning and asks the user if he want to continue.

       $DebianNet::verbose = ”true";
	      Explain what is being done.

FUNCTIONS
       DebianNet::add_service($newentry, $group);
	      Add  $newentry  to the group $group of the /etc/inetd.conf file.
	      If the entry already exist it will  be  enabled  (it  will  also
	      detect  entries with different program options). Using $group is
	      optional (the default group is the group OTHER).	If  the	 group
	      does not exist the entry will be placed at the end of the file.

       DebianNet::remove_service($entry);
	      Remove  $entry  from  /etc/inetd.conf  .	You  can use a regular
	      expression to remove the entry.

       DebianNet::enable_service($service, $pattern);
	      Enable $service (e.g. ”ftp") in /etc/inetd.conf . Using $pattern
	      is  optional. It can be used to select a service.	 You only need
	      this option if you have two (or more) services of the same name.
	      An  example:  you	 have three ftp entries in the /etc/inetd.conf
	      file (all disabled by default) and you want to enable the	 entry
	      which  uses the wu-ftpd daemon. To do this, use the pattern ”wu-
	      ftpd" (or any other regular expression that matches this entry).

       DebianNet::disable_service($service, $pattern);
	      Disable SERVICE (e.g. ”ftp") in /etc/inetd.conf . Using $pattern
	      is optional (see above).

AUTHORS
       Peter Tobias, <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
       Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>

Linux			       21 September 1995		DebianNet(3pm)
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