Allow for a group name to be specified in the ``user'' field: user[.group]

Allow for max # of invocations to be specified; appended to ``wait''
 field: wait/nowait[.max]
Allow for RPC specifications in numeric format.
Inetd now stores its pid in `/var/run/inetd.pid'.
Support for AF_UNIX family.

usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     from: @(#)inetd.8	6.7 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
-.\"	$Id: inetd.8,v 1.3 1993/08/01 07:24:56 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$Id: inetd.8,v 1.4 1993/10/13 11:22:48 pk Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 16, 1991
 .Dt INETD 8
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ fields of the configuration file are as follows:
 service name
 socket type
 protocol
-wait/nowait
-user
+wait/nowait[.max]
+user[.group]
 server program
 server program arguments
 .Ed
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ based service, the entry would contain these fields.
 service name/version
 socket type
 rpc/protocol
-wait/nowait
-user
+wait/nowait[.max]
+user[.group]
 server program
 server program arguments
 .Ed
@@ -188,12 +188,28 @@ the server reads the first packet, creates a new socket,
 and then forks and exits to allow
 .Nm inetd
 to check for new service requests to spawn new servers.
+The optional
+.Dq max
+suffix (separated from
+.Dq wait
+or
+.Dq nowait
+by a dot) specifies the maximum number of server instances that may be
+spawned from
+.Nm inetd
+within an interval of 60 seconds. When omitted,
+.Dq max
+defaults to 40.
 .Pp
 The
 .Em user
 entry should contain the user name of the user as whom the server
 should run.  This allows for servers to be given less permission
-than root.
+than root. An optional group name can be specified by appending a dot to
+the user name followed by the group name. This allows for servers to run with
+a different (primary) group id than specified in the password file. If a group
+is specified and user is not root, the supplementary groups associated with
+that user will still be set.
 .Pp
 The
 .Em server-program
@@ -239,6 +255,10 @@ rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
 .Dv SIGHUP .
 Services may be added, deleted or modified when the configuration file
 is reread.
+.Nm Inetd
+creates a file
+.Em /var/run/inetd.pid
+that contains its process identifier.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr comsat 8 ,
 .Xr fingerd 8 ,

usr.sbin/inetd/pathnames.h

@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	from: @(#)pathnames.h	5.3 (Berkeley) 6/1/90
- *	$Id: pathnames.h,v 1.2 1993/08/01 17:59:32 mycroft Exp $
+ *	$Id: pathnames.h,v 1.3 1993/10/13 11:22:51 pk Exp $
  */
 
 #include <paths.h>
 
 #define	_PATH_INETDCONF	"/etc/inetd.conf"
+#define _PATH_INETDPID	"/var/run/inetd.pid"