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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 6aa279edc3..57595b95e7 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2016 Alex ter Weele@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Clément Lassieur@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Mathieu Othacehe@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Federico Beffa@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro +Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -9400,6 +9401,99 @@ make an initial adjustment of more than 1,000 seconds. List of host names used as the default NTP servers. @end defvr +@cindex inetd +@deffn {Scheme variable} inetd-service-type +This service runs the @command{inetd} (@pxref{inetd invocation,,, +inetutils, GNU Inetutils}) daemon. @command{inetd} listens for +connections on internet sockets, and lazily starts the specified server +program when a connection is made on one of these sockets. + +The value of this service is an @code{inetd-configuration} object. The +following example configures the @command{inetd} daemon to provide the +built-in @command{echo} service, as well as an smtp service which +forwards smtp traffic over ssh to a server @code{smtp-server} behind a +gateway @code{hostname}: + +@example +(service + inetd-service-type + (inetd-configuration + (entries (list + (inetd-entry + (name "echo") + (socket-type 'stream) + (protocol "tcp") + (wait? #f) + (user "root")) + (inetd-entry + (node "127.0.0.1") + (name "smtp") + (socket-type 'stream) + (protocol "tcp") + (wait? #f) + (user "root") + (program (file-append openssh "/bin/ssh")) + (arguments + '("ssh" "-qT" "-i" "/path/to/ssh_key" + "-W" "smtp-server:25" "user@@hostname"))))) +@end example + +See below for more details about @code{inetd-configuration}. +@end deffn + +@deftp {Data Type} inetd-configuration +Data type representing the configuration of @command{inetd}. + +@table @asis +@item @code{program} (default: @code{(file-append inetutils "/libexec/inetd")}) +The @command{inetd} executable to use. + +@item @code{entries} (default: @code{'()}) +A list of @command{inetd} service entries. Each entry should be created +by the @code{inetd-entry} constructor. +@end table +@end deftp + +@deftp {Data Type} inetd-entry +Data type representing an entry in the @command{inetd} configuration. +Each entry corresponds to a socket where @command{inetd} will listen for +requests. + +@table @asis +@item @code{node} (default: @code{#f}) +Optional string, a comma-separated list of local addresses +@command{inetd} should use when listening for this service. +@xref{Configuration file,,, inetutils, GNU Inetutils} for a complete +description of all options. +@item @code{name} +A string, the name must correspond to an entry in @code{/etc/services}. +@item @code{socket-type} +One of @code{'stream}, @code{'dgram}, @code{'raw}, @code{'rdm} or +@code{'seqpacket}. +@item @code{protocol} +A string, must correspond to an entry in @code{/etc/protocols}. +@item @code{wait?} (default: @code{#t}) +Whether @command{inetd} should wait for the server to exit before +listening to new service requests. +@item @code{user} +A string containing the user (and, optionally, group) name of the user +as whom the server should run. The group name can be specified in a +suffix, separated by a colon or period, i.e. @code{"user"}, +@code{"user:group"} or @code{"user.group"}. +@item @code{program} (default: @code{"internal"}) +The server program which will serve the requests, or @code{"internal"} +if @command{inetd} should use a built-in service. +@item @code{arguments} (default: @code{'()}) +A list strings or file-like objects, which are the server program's +arguments, starting with the zeroth argument, i.e. the name of the +program itself. For @command{inetd}'s internal services, this entry +must be @code{'()} or @code{'("internal")}. +@end table + +@xref{Configuration file,,, inetutils, GNU Inetutils} for a more +detailed discussion of each configuration field. +@end deftp + @cindex Tor @deffn {Scheme Procedure} tor-service [@var{config-file}] [#:tor @var{tor}] Return a service to run the @uref{https://torproject.org, Tor} anonymous |