source: server/other/xinetd/xinetd-config.xml@ cce6b02e

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>xinetd</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>

<para><filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename></para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Create the <filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file with the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cp /etc/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf.bak</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Insure the path to all daemons is <filename
class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>, rather than the default path of
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -e 's/etc/sbin/g' xinetd/sample.conf &gt; /etc/xinetd.conf</command>
</userinput></screen>

<para>The format of the <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> is
documented in the xinetd.conf man page. Further information can be
found at <ulink url="http://www.xinetd.org"/>.</para>

<para>Create the <command>xinetd</command> boot script:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
#!/bin/bash
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/xinetd
# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans  - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
source /etc/sysconfig/rc
source $rc_functions
case "$1" in
        start)
                echo "Starting xinetd..."
                loadproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
                ;;
        stop)
                echo "Stopping xinetd..."
                killproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
                ;;
        reload)
                echo "Reloading xinetd..."
                killall -HUP xinetd
                ;;
        restart)
                $0 stop
                sleep 1
                $0 start
                ;;
        status)
                statusproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
                ;;
        *)
                echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
                exit 1
                ;;
esac
# End $rc_base/init.d/xinetd
<command>EOF
chmod 754 /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Add the run level symlinks:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49xinetd &amp;&amp;
ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K49xinetd &amp;&amp;
ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K49xinetd &amp;&amp;
ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S23xinetd &amp;&amp;
ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S23xinetd &amp;&amp;
ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S23xinetd &amp;&amp;
ln -s  /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49xinetd</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, we'll use our new boot script to start <command>xinetd</command>: </para>

<screen><userinput><command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Checking the <filename>/var/log/daemon.log</filename> file
should prove quite entertaining. This file may contain entries
similar to the following:</para>

<screen><userinput>Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Server /usr/sbin/in.rlogind is not
executable [line=29]
Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Error parsing attribute server -
DISABLING SERVICE [line=29]
Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Server /usr/sbin/in.rshd is not
executable [line=42]</userinput></screen>

<para>These errors are due to the fact that we don't have most of the
servers that <command>xinetd</command> is trying to control installed yet.</para>

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</sect2>