NAME

       DebianNet - create, remove, enable or disable entry in /etc/inetd.

DESCRIPTION

       You can use the functions in DebianNet to to add, remove, enable or disable entries in the
       /etc/inetd.conf file. After the /etc/inetd.conf file has been changed, a SIGHUP signal
       will be sent to the inetd process to make sure that inetd will use the new /etc/inetd.conf
       file.  The functions can also be used to add entries that are commented out by default.
       They will be treated like normal entries. That also means that if you already have an
       entry that is commented out you can't add an entry for the same service without removing
       the old one first.

       The DebianNet functions treat entries that are commented out by a single '#' character as
       entries that have been commented out by a user. It will not change such entries.

       For shell scripts you can also use the update-inetd command. See update-inetd(8) for
       further information.

VARIABLES

       $DebianNet::INETD_CONF
           Contains a scalar filename to use as the inetd config file (e.g. for testing
           purposes).

           Defaults to /etc/inetd.conf.

       $DebianNet::SEP
           Contains the entry comment characters. This is only necessary if you have to deal with
           two (or more) services of the same name.

           Defaults to "#<off># " as the comment characters.

       $DebianNet::MULTI
           Contains a boolean that decides whether to disable/remove more than one entry at a
           time. If you try to remove more than one entry at a time without using this option the
           program will show a warning and will ask the user whether to continue.

           Defaults to false.

       $DebianNet::VERBOSE
           Contains a boolean to select whether to explain verbosely what is being done.

           Defaults to false.

FUNCTIONS

       $rc = DebianNet::add_service($newentry, $group)
           Add $newentry to the group $group of the /etc/inetd.conf file. If the entry already
           exist it will be enabled (it will also detect entries with different program options).
           Using $group is optional (the default group is the group OTHER). If the group does not
           exist the entry will be placed at the end of the file.

           Returns 1 on success, and -1 on failure. This function might call exit() due to
           debconf prompt answers.

       $rc = DebianNet::remove_service($entry)
           Remove $entry from /etc/inetd.conf. You can use a regular expression to remove the
           entry.

           Returns 1 on success, and -1 on failure.

       $rc = DebianNet::disable_service($service, $pattern)
           Disable $service (e.g. "ftp") in /etc/inetd.conf. Using $pattern is optional (see
           enable_service()).

           Returns 1 on success, and -1 on failure.

       $rc = DebianNet::enable_service($service, $pattern)
           Enable $service (e.g. "ftp") in /etc/inetd.conf. Using $pattern is optional. It can be
           used to select a service. You only need this option if you have two (or more) services
           of the same name.

           An example: you have three ftp entries in the /etc/inetd.conf file (all disabled by
           default) and you want to enable the entry which uses the vsftpd daemon. To do this,
           use the pattern "vsftpd" (or any other regular expression that matches this entry).

           Returns 1 on success, and -1 on failure.

CHANGES

   Version 1.13
       New variables: $VERSION, $VERBOSE, $MULTI, $SEP, $INETD_CONF.

       Deprecated variables: $version, $verbose, $multi, $sep, $inetdcf.