Re: Xfs from xinetd?

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:24:36AM -0800, Torrey Lyons wrote:
> At 6:56 AM -0800 12/8/04, Rob Braun wrote:
> >On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 12:10:27AM -0800, John Davidorff Pell wrote:
> >> I'm having terrible trouble trying to figure out some way to start xfs
> >> (X Font Server) from xinetd. I don't want it running all the time, and
> >> would like it to quit once the connection is closed.
> >>
> >> I'm trying to understand how xinetd works, it seems like xfs needs tcp
> >> wrappers support to work? What do I do? Help!
> >>
> >> I've been googling as best I can and can't find anything useful...
> >> pointers in the right direction are appreciated!
> >
> >You can't just take any network application and make it work out of
> >xinetd.  The application needs to be written to support running out
> >of an inetd.  I am not all that familiar with xfs, but from a cursory
> >examination of the man page, it does not support running from an inetd.
> 
> This is actually a small can of worms that I'd be happy for some 
> input on. The underlying issue is that its not clear how Xfs and Xprt 
> (the X font and print servers) should be started in a Mac OS X 
> environment. They are often started at boot time on other *nixen. 
> However, on other platforms they are providing key services to the 
> core window server (the X server). On Mac OS X the X server is run in 
> a user context and without root privileges. Should the X server 
> (XDarwin) just start Xfs and Xprt itself? (Some configuration options 
> could be provided to turn on one or both.) Or should they be run as 
> root daemons like other places using the Mac OS X specific 
> StartupItems or new bootstrap daemon mechanisms?
> 

	I'd rather not see them start at boot, but start as needed -
be it either when the X server is started or modified to run through
xinetd (or similar).  I run X11.app when I need to, aka randomly.
I'd really rather not have the Xfs and Xprt daemons running all the
time taking resources.


		-eric