[vox-tech] running service as a different user
Jan Wynholds
vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:46:38 -0700 (PDT)
> Anyway if I understand the purpose of jabberd it doesn't make sense
> to operate from inetd. It is a text message passing daemon for people,
> so in order to be useful you need multiple clients connected to it to
> be able to pass text messages between them.
> If the process is started by inetd, you would get one server process
> per client connection, and while you might have 50 people connected
> they each would have no one else to talk to.
>
> TTFN,
> Mike
Ooops. Sorry to lead Pat astray. I had no idea what the server did.
I should cover my mouth 'cause my foot shot right up in there ;)
jan
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