---
name: "micro_inetd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "micro-inetd"
version: "20050629-4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/micro_inetd"
---

# micro\_inetd(1)

simple network service spawner

## NAME

micro\_inetd - simple network service spawner

## SYNOPSIS

micro\_inetd port program \[args ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

Like inetd, this program listens on the net for requests and spawns a server to handle them. However, it only handles one port and one program. The intended use is when you have a server that expects to be run by inetd, but you only want to run it temporarily and don't want to bother with putting it into /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf and restarting inetd. Instead, just start up micro\_inetd, and when you're done just ^C it.

Other limitations:

- \*

  Full inetd lets you specify the socket type as one of stream, dgram, raw, rdm, or seqpacket;  micro\_inetd only implements stream.

- \*

  Full inetd lets you specify wait or nowait; micro\_inetd only implements nowait.

- \*

  Full inetd lets you specify a user-id to run the server as; micro\_inetd doesn't try to switch user-ids.

## SEE ALSO

[inetd(8)](/inetd/8.md), [inetd.conf(5)](/inetd.conf/5.md)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1996,2000 by Jef Poskanzer \<jef@mail.acme.com\>. All rights reserved.