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Re: inetd(8): continue or exit on error?



> Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 10:11:09 +0200
> From: tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost
> 
> The question is what to do in case of a config file not found (this is
> the initial problem: the realpath() return status is not tested and a
> structure is inconditionnally added to a linked list with an unreachable
> config file).

I'm not sure inetd(8) has any business calling realpath in the first
place.  Can we just remove it and let it continue to use paths exactly
as written in the config file?


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