Re: help with converting from standalone server

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 05:33:05AM +0000, Payal Rathod wrote:
> H,
> I have a small server written in C (not by me) which binds itself to
> port 9999 and accepts 2 input names from a php form. It then writes the input to
> a file /var/designs/new, tab delimited. Nothing much. Simple, right?
> Now this serer has not much network capability, like restricting ips,
> timeouts, concurrency etc. I feel that I can get this by using tcpsvd.
> Can someone tell me what logic I have to use to make it *not* listen to
> port all by itself but have tcpsvd do that job. And what are the
> prractical difficulties it will face when changing from stand-alone to
> tcpsvd mode?
> Please suggest something for me. I am already feeling cool doing such a
> thing in real life :)

PHP code is classically interacted with via HTTP; to wit, your
small server is acting as a miniature web server, accepting CGI input.

Without seeing the code in question, telling you what to rip out
won't be straightforward.

It _might_ be easier to roll your own server from scratch as a ucspi
server, given your simple description...

Good luck...

> Thanks a lot for the help in advance and bye.
> With warm regards,
> -Payal

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