> You can set this per service in /etc/inetd.conf (wait.max) else it
> defaults to 40 (man inetd)

This is something I already tried thus:
> I have also tried appending '.999' to 'nowait' in the 'shell'
> line of '/etc/inetd.conf'.

The actual 'shell' line in '/etc/inetd.conf' now reads:
  shell stream tcp nowait.999 root /usr/libexec/rshd rshd -L

Is this correct?  Is '999' an appropriate value?  Should I change anything
else in '/etc/inetd.conf'?

Regards ..  G.