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# TCP/IP Configuration Notebook Online Help

### Automatically Starting INETD

To start INETD automatically when TCP/IP is started, select the Autostart tab, select INETD in the Autostarted Services list box, and check the Autostart Service box under Autostart Options. INETD is a super server that can start any of the following services when a connection request for a service is received:

- TELNETD
- FTPD
- REXECD
- RSHD
- LPD
- TIMED

You can use INETD as an alternative to starting services detached or in foreground sessions. If you use INETD to autostart TCP/IP services, any parameters that you specify on this page will be ignored.

However, for TFTPD, you can add the following environment variable to your CONFIG.SYS to specify the default path:

      SET TFTPDPATH=<path>

And for REXECD and RSHD, respectively, you can add the following environment variables to your CONFIG.SYS to specify the timeout:

    SET REXECDTIME=<time>

    SET RSHDTIME=<time>

Uncheck the Autostart Service box to disable the INETD super server from starting when TCP/IP is started. This is the default.

Attention:

Do not attempt to start a service if it is already started. Multiple instances of the same active service may cause unpredictable results.

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