4.2. Service Initialization
4.2.1. xinetd
Xinetd is a daemon used to start network services on demand. The changes in xinetd are related to the allowed limit of open file descriptors:
- The listening mechanism has changed from
select()
topoll()
. With this change, the limit of open file descriptors used by xinetd can be changed. - File descriptor limit can also now be changed on a per-service basis. This can be done in the configuration file for the service using the
rlimit_files
directive. The value can be a positive integer or UNLIMITED.