.\" Copyright 1995 Peter Tobias <tobias@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH update-inetd 8 "21 September 1995" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
update\-inetd \- create, remove, enable or disable entry
in /etc/inetd.conf
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B update\-inetd
[\-\-file FILENAME] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] [\-\-verbose]
[\-\-comment-chars CHARACTERS] [\-\-debug] [\-\-group GROUPNAME] \-\-add ENTRY

.B update\-inetd
[\-\-file FILENAME] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] [\-\-verbose]
[--debug] \-\-remove ENTRY

.B update\-inetd
[\-\-file FILENAME] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] [\-\-verbose]
[\-\-comment-chars CHARACTERS] [\-\-pattern PATTERN] [\-\-debug] \-\-enable SERVICE

.B update\-inetd
[\-\-file FILENAME] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] [\-\-verbose]
[\-\-comment-chars CHARACTERS] [\-\-pattern PATTERN] [\-\-debug] \-\-disable SERVICE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B update\-inetd
can be used to add, remove, enable or disable
entries in the
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
file (you can specify a different file by using the
.B \-\-file
option).
After the
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
file has been changed,
.B update\-inetd
will send a SIGHUP signal to the inetd process to make sure
that inetd will use the new
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
file. For Perl scripts you can also use the Perl module
.B DebianNet.pm
\&. See
.BR DebianNet (3pm)
for further information.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output and
exit successfully.

.TP
.I "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully.

.TP
.I "\-\-verbose"
Explain what is being done.

.TP
.I "\-\-debug"
Enables debugging mode.

.TP
.I "\-\-file FILENAME"
Use FILENAME instead of
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
\&.

.TP
.I "\-\-group GROUPNAME"
Specify that the new entry should be placed in group
GROUPNAME (e.g. \*(rqMAIL"). If the group does not
exist the entry will be placed at the end of the file.
The default group is \*(rqOTHER".

.TP
.I "\-\-comment-chars CHARACTERS"
update-inetd uses \*(rq#<off>#\ \*(rq 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.

.TP
.I "\-\-pattern PATTERN"
This option can be used to select a service. You only need this
option if you have two (or more) services of the same name.

.TP
.I "\-\-remove ENTRY"
Remove an entry from
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
\&. You can use a regular expression to remove the entry.

.TP
.I "\-\-enable SERVICE"
Enable SERVICE (e.g. \*(rqftp") in
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
\&. If you want to enable more than one SERVICE you can use a comma
separated list of services (no whitespace characters allowed).

.TP
.I "\-\-disable SERVICE"
Disable SERVICE (e.g. \*(rqftp") in
.IR /etc/inetd.conf
\&. If you want to enable more than one SERVICE you can use a comma
separated list of services (no whitespace characters allowed).
.PP
In order to prevent the shell from changing your ENTRY definition
you have to quote the ENTRY using single or double quotes. You can
use tabs (the tab character or \\t) and spaces to separate the fields
of the ENTRY. If you want to enable/disable more than one SERVICE you
can use a comma separated list of services (no whitespace characters
allowed).

.SH AUTHOR
Peter Tobias, <tobias@et\-inf.fho\-emden.de>

.SH SEE ALSO
DebianNet(3pm)