Re: Xfs from xinetd?

I think that option 2 is the best idea as it allows for xfs's already 
existing mechanisms to be largely unchanged. It will also be the 
easiest. :-)

JP


On 8 Dec 2004, at 16:40, Rob Braun wrote:



> On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:24:36AM -0800, Torrey Lyons wrote:
>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>
> Well, I'd be up for modifying xfs to have a flag to start from xinetd.
> There are really 2 models that it could follow:
> 1) an xfs process per request.  Depending on how the X server makes
> its requests (as needed or if a constant TCP session is maintained
> for the life of the X server) this may not/may be a good idea.
> 2) the xfs server is launched when the first request comes in, and
> services all incoming requests.  Whenever the xfs server dies,
> xinetd will relaunch when the next subsequent request is recieved.
> xfs can die whenever it feels like it (after a fixed time period,
> after a fixed time of no requests, etc.)
>
> In addition to any downsides mentioned above, xfs will run as root
> from xinetd.
>
> I'd rather not start down this path this is not what people want
> (aka won't be accepted =)
>
> Rob
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