1 | <sect2>
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2 | <title>Configuring <application>xinetd</application></title>
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3 |
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4 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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5 |
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6 | <para><filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename></para>
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7 |
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8 | </sect3>
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9 |
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10 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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11 |
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12 | <para>Create the <filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file with the following commands:</para>
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13 |
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14 | <screen><userinput><command>cp /etc/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf.bak</command></userinput></screen>
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15 |
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16 | <para>Insure the path to all daemons is <filename
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17 | class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>, rather than the default path of
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18 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>:</para>
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19 |
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20 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -e 's/etc/sbin/g' xinetd/sample.conf > /etc/xinetd.conf</command>
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21 | </userinput></screen>
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22 |
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23 | <para>The format of the <filename>/etc/xinetd.conf</filename> is
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24 | documented in the xinetd.conf man page. Further information can be
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25 | found at <ulink url="http://www.xinetd.org"/>.</para>
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26 |
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27 | <para>Create the <command>xinetd</command> boot script:</para>
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28 |
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29 | <screen><userinput><command>cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd << "EOF"</command>
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30 | #!/bin/sh
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31 | # Begin $rc_base/init.d/xinetd
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32 | # Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
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33 | # Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
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34 | . /etc/sysconfig/rc
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35 | . $rc_functions
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36 | case "$1" in
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37 | start)
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38 | echo "Starting xinetd..."
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39 | loadproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
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40 | ;;
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41 | stop)
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42 | echo "Stopping xinetd..."
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43 | killproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
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44 | ;;
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45 | reload)
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46 | echo "Reloading xinetd..."
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47 | killall -HUP xinetd
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48 | ;;
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49 | restart)
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50 | $0 stop
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51 | sleep 1
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52 | $0 start
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53 | ;;
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54 | status)
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55 | statusproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
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56 | ;;
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57 | *)
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58 | echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
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59 | exit 1
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60 | ;;
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61 | esac
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62 | # End $rc_base/init.d/xinetd
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63 | <command>EOF
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64 | chmod 754 /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd</command></userinput></screen>
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65 |
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66 | <para>Add the run level symlinks:</para>
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67 |
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68 | <screen><userinput><command>ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49xinetd &&
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69 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K49xinetd &&
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70 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K49xinetd &&
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71 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S23xinetd &&
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72 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S23xinetd &&
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73 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S23xinetd &&
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74 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49xinetd</command></userinput></screen>
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75 |
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76 | <para>Now, we'll use our new boot script to start <command>xinetd</command>: </para>
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77 |
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78 | <screen><userinput><command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start</command></userinput></screen>
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79 |
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80 | <para>Checking the <filename>/var/log/daemon.log</filename> file
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81 | should prove quite entertaining. This file may contain entries
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82 | similar to the following:</para>
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83 |
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84 | <screen><userinput>Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Server /usr/sbin/in.rlogind is not
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85 | executable [line=29]
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86 | Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Error parsing attribute server -
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87 | DISABLING SERVICE [line=29]
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88 | Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Server /usr/sbin/in.rshd is not
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89 | executable [line=42]</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | <para>These errors are due to the fact that we don't have most of the
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92 | servers that <command>xinetd</command> is trying to control installed yet.</para>
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93 |
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94 | </sect3>
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95 |
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96 | </sect2>
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