After successfully setting up IP and the resolver (DNS), you then must look at the services you want to provide over the network. This chapter covers the configuration of a few simple network applications, including the inetd and xinetd servers and the programs from the rlogin family. We'll also deal briefly with the Remote Procedure Call interface, upon which services like the Network File System (NFS) are based. The configuration of NFS, however, is more complex and is not described in this book.
Of course, we can't cover all network applications in this book. If you want to install one that's not discussed here, please refer to the manual pages of the server for details.