[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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