[lug] Beginner Question

[J. Wayde Allen]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Holshouser, David wrote:

> On a workstation install, no servers (telnetd/ftpd/apache/nfs/talkd/rshd
> etc.) are installed.
> Inetd is software that controls servers.
> 
> Since no servers will be installed on a workstation, inetd is not installed
> either.

Aha!  That explains that one.  The distinction between the server versus
the workstation installation is also starting to be a bit more clear to
me.  That is a RedHat'ism that I'd never quite figured out.

- Wayde
  (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)