First, edit ${SYSCONFDIR}/minbif/minbif.conf to suit your needs. Then, either start it in daemon fork mode (will fork for every client): sudo -u _minbif ${TRUEPREFIX}/bin/minbif Or start it through inetd, adding a line like: 127.0.0.1:6667 stream tcp nowait _minbif ${TRUEPREFIX}/bin/minbif minbif ${SYSCONFDIR}/minbif/minbif.conf to your /etc/inetd.conf and restart inetd with # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`