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NAME

       rlinetd.conf - rlinetd configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       rlinetd.conf  holds configuration information for rlinetd.  There are a
       small number of similar top  level  constructs,  differing  chiefly  in
       which options can be meaningfully used with them.

       All  strings are quoted with the " character. In some situations (e.g..
       the log, exec, and chroot directives), there are a number of  variables
       that can be substituted into the string.
       Unless stated otherwise, all numbers must be positive.

       service "name" {
              ...
       }

              This  construct  describes  a service. The name parameter is for
              naming  convenience  alone,  it  simply  serves  to  distinguish
              logging  messages  and  provides a default for options which can
              logically accept a name as an argument.

              enabled
                     This  construct  allows  easily  enabling  or   disabling
                     service.   The  argument  can  be  either yes or no.  The
                     default value  is  yes.   Setting  this  to  no  disables
                     service.

                     Example:
                       enabled no;

              port
                     This  lists  the  ports  that  the service should be made
                     available on. The ports can be listed in either string or
                     numeric format. If unspecified, this defaults to the name
                     of the service unless the service is an RPC  service,  in
                     which case the port value will be dynamically assigned by
                     the system.

                     Example:
                       port "telnet", "rcmd", 56, 99;

              interface
                     This specifies which interfaces the listed  ports  should
                     be  bound  on.  It  takes  a  list  of IP addresses as an
                     argument, corresponding to the  configured  addresses  of
                     the interfaces required. If unspecified, this defaults to
                     INADDR_ANY and will bind to all available interfaces.

                     Example:
                       interface 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2;

              exec
                     This specifies the invocation of the service. A number of
                     substitutions  can  be made within the string; please see
                     String Modifiers below.

                     Example:
                       exec "/usr/sbin/in.telnetd -d";

              server
                     This specifies the binary to be executed, if different to
                     exec.

                     Example:
                       server "/usr/sbin/tcpd";

              protocol
                     This  specifies the socket protocol to use when listening
                     on ports for the service. The argument can be either  tcp
                     or udp.  The default setting for this variable is tcp.

                     Example:
                       protocol tcp;

              user
                     This specifies the userid under which this service should
                     run. It will accept an argument  in  either  symbolic  or
                     numeric  form.  Unless  group  (see  below) is given, the
                     groupid is also set to the user’s primary group.

                     Example:
                       user "nobody";

              group
                     This specifies  the  groupid  under  which  this  service
                     should run. It will accept an argument in either symbolic
                     or numeric form.

                     Example:
                       group "system";

              backlog
                     This is the backlog argument which will be passed to  the
                     listen(2) system call.

                     Example:
                       backlog 30;

              instances
                     This  specifies  the  maximum number of service instances
                     that can be running at any one time. The default  setting
                     for this variable is 40.

                     Example:
                       instances 50;

              wait
                     This directive emulates the inetd(8) wait behaviour.  The
                     argument can be either yes or no.  The default  value  is
                     no.   Setting  this  to  yes  also  resets  the  value of
                     instances option to 1.

                     Example:
                       wait yes;

              nice
                     This specifies the process priority to run  this  service
                     at. The argument is passed directly to the setpriority(2)
                     system call. The value may be negative.

                     Example:
                       nice -5;

              rpc
                     This specifies that the service should be registered with
                     the  system’s  portmap(8)  mapper  as  an RPC service. It
                     accepts a list of arguments as follows.

                     rpc {
                             name "string"; version 3,6,9-15,22;
                     }

                     The name parameter  is  optional,  and  defaults  to  the
                     service name.

              chroot
                     This  specifies  the  root directory for the service. The
                     string argument  can  accept  modifiers  as  detailed  in
                     String Modifiers below.

                     Example:
                       chroot "/tftpboot/%O";

              log
                     This  directive  takes  two  arguments. The first must be
                     either the symbolic name of a  previously  specified  log
                     directive  (see  below), or the unquoted word syslog.  If
                     the latter, the message will be logged via the  syslog(3)
                     call.  The  second  argument  is the message that will be
                     logged, subject  to  the  modifiers  detailed  in  String
                     Modifiers below.

                     Example:
                       log syslog "Service from %O complete";

              tcpd
                     This   directive  causes  access controls as specified by
                     tcp_wrappers to be applied. This has the same  effect  as
                     invoking   a   service   with   a   server   argument  of
                     /usr/sbin/tcpd  .or  wherever  your  tcpd(8)  program  is
                     kept),  but  saves  the  additional  step of starting the
                     program. It will accept up to two  additional  arguments.
                     The  first  is a service name to apply against its rules,
                     and the second is a block of instructions to  execute  if
                     matched. If no name is specified, it defaults to the name
                     of  the  service.  If  the  instruction  block   is   not
                     specified, it defaults to ’exit;’.

                     Examples:
                       tcpd "in.telnetd";

                       tcpd { exec "/usr/local/bin/winnuke %O"; }

                       tcpd "pointless" { echo "Hi guys, come on in."; }

                       tcpd "defiant" { echo "500 Access denied from %O."; exit; }

              exit
                     This  directive  is  only  useful in an instruction block
                     argument to the tcpd directive. Note well - not using  it
                     (and  not  specifying  some  other terminating directive,
                     such as exec)  will  result  in  the  service  being  run
                     forever.

                     Example:
                       exit;

              capability
                     This  directive  specifies  the  capabilities  that  this
                     service should have  when  running.  The  argument  is  a
                     string  that  is  passed directly to cap_from_text(3).  I
                     know, that’s a pretty lousy description, but this feature
                     is  of  limited  utility  until  and  unless you read the
                     README.capabilities file anyway.

                     Example:
                       capability "cap_setuid=ep";

              rlimit
                     This directive takes two arguments. The first is a symbol
                     specifying  the  type of limit required. These are listed
                     below. The second argument takes one of two forms. It can
                     either  be  a single numeric value, in which case both of
                     the soft and hard limits of the resource in question will
                     be  set to this value. Alternatively, it can be a list in
                     the form:

                     rlimit type {
                             soft x; hard y;
                     }

                     In which case the  hard  and  soft  limits  will  be  set
                     appropriately.  In either case, the word unlimited can be
                     specified instead of a numeric value, thus  removing  any
                     restriction.  The  values  are  passed  directly  to  the
                     setrlimit(2) syscall, and should  be  specified  in  that
                     context.

                     Types:
                       cpu,  fsize,  data,  stack,  core,  rss, nproc, nofile,
                       memlock

                     Example:
                       rlimit cpu 15;

              initgroups
                     The argument can be either yes  or  no.   This  directive
                     causes  initgroups(3)  to  be  called at service startup,
                     which  sets  the  supplementary  groups  of  the  service
                     according to the /etc/group file.

                     Example:
                       initgroups yes;

              family
                     This directive specifies the protocol family that rlinetd
                     should bind sockets on for this service. Currently,  this
                     can  be  either  ipv4  or  ipv6.   If  unspecified,  this
                     defaults to something appropriate for the system.

                     Example:
                       family ipv6;

              banner
                     This directive lets you  dump  a  file  as  output  to  a
                     connection.

                     Example:
                       banner "/etc/nologin";

              echo
                     This   directive  allows  you  to  output  a  dynamically
                     generated line to the connection.

                     Example:
                       echo "500 Service denied from your IP (%O)";

              filter
                     This directive allows  you  to  specify  a  Linux  Socket
                     Filter  program  to  be  associated  with  the  listening
                     socket. These can  be  generated  with  a  tool  such  as
                     lsfcc(1)

                     Example:
                       filter "/usr/local/lib/rlinetd/filters/privport";

              chargen
                     This  directive  loops  eternally, outputting data to any
                     connection. If no argument is given, it echoes  a  subset
                     of  the  printable characters. However, a filename can be
                     supplied as an argument, in which case  the  contents  of
                     that file are output in a loop.

                     Example:
                       chargen "/usr/local/lib/spam";

       log "name" {
              ...
       }

              This construct describes a logging target. The name parameter is
              used  as  an  argument  to  the   log   directive   in   service
              configurations.

              path
                     This specifies the filename for this logfile.

                     Example:
                       path "/var/log/service.log";

              mode
                     This  specifies the file permissions for the logfile. The
                     argument is required to be numeric, and defaults to  0640
                     if not specified.

                     Example:
                       mode 0600;

              user
                     This  specifies  the  uid  of  the  logfile,  and  can be
                     specified as either a numeric uid, or username.

                     Example:
                       user "adm";

              group
                     This specifies  the  gid  of  the  logfile,  and  can  be
                     specified as either a numeric gid, or groupname.

                     Example:
                       group "adm";

       defaults {
              ...
       }

              This   construct   takes   the  same  parameters  as  a  service
              declaration, but instead of specifying a service  sets  defaults
              for all services specified subsequently.

       directory "path" "match" "ignore";
              This  construct  specifies a directory which contains additional
              configuration files to be parsed. Parsing  of  these  additional
              files  does not commence until the current file is complete. The
              match and ignore arguments are optional, and if  specified,  are
              used  to filter the files in the directory. Filenames must match
              the match regexp, if  given,  and  must  not  match  the  ignore
              regexp,  if  given.  Filenames beginning with a period (’.’) are
              skipped in all cases. Directories are not recursed into.

   String Modifiers
       There are a number of variables which can be substituted into arguments
       to  some  directives. Although they can all be used in the same places,
       the information accessed by some is unavailable in certain cases.

       %O     The source IP address of the connection.

       %P     The source port of the connection.

       %C     The total CPU time used.

       %U     The user CPU time used.

       %S     The system CPU time.

       %r     Maximum resident set size.

       %m     Shared memory size.

       %d     Unshared data size.

       %s     Unshared stack size.

       %f     Page reclaims.

       %F     Page faults.

       %p     Swaps.

       %i     Block input operations.

       %o     Block output operations.

       %n     Messages sent.

       %c     Messages received.

       %k     Signals received.

       %w     Voluntary context switches.

       %w     Involuntary context switches.

       %e     Exit code.

       %t     Running time.

       %M     The current time expressed as seconds since epoch  1980,  dumped
              as a network order 32 bit word. This has absolutely no use other
              than in implementing the inetd-like time functionality.

       %I     The current time and date, in pretty-printed ctime(3) format.

SEE ALSO

       rlinetd(8), hosts_access(5)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-doc@rcpt.to>.
       Modified by Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>.