[BusyBox] init, inetd and timezones?

[Vladimir N. Oleynik]

Steven,

> > Why?
> > Your inetd is bad and exited any time? :0
> >
> > > ::respawn:/sbin/inetd -i
> >
> > Background daemons are usually called from an rc script and you can set TZ :)
> 
> I can't actually answer that but I am using SELF from DENX. With that I
> downloaded
> ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/network/netkit-base-0.16.tar.gz
> 
> The manpage of inetd contained in the packages states:
> 
>      Inetd should be run at boot time by /etc/rc.local (see rc(8)).  If your
>      init(8) can respawn arbitrary daemons, inetd can be run from init
>      instead; then init will restart it if it s.  You must use the -i
>      option to prevent inetd from backgrounding itself, or init will become
>      confused.

I know this.
 
> I guess that is why
> 
> # Start internet super daemon; do NOT background!
> ::respawn:/sbin/inetd -i
> 
> is in the sample inittab....

If your daemons is true and don`t crashing, you metod is bigger used resoures:
init waiting from forked tread.


Also, you can dowload my port inetd to busybox from my ftp ;)


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