Configuring xinetd
Config files
/etc/xinetd.conf
Configuration Information
Create the xinetd.conf file with the following commands:
cp /etc/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf.bak
Insure the path to all daemons is /usr/sbin, rather than the default path of
/usr/etc:
sed -e 's/etc/sbin/g' xinetd/sample.conf > /etc/xinetd.conf
The format of the /etc/xinetd.conf is
documented in the xinetd.conf man page. Further information can be
found at .
Create the xinetd boot script:
cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd << "EOF"
#!/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
EOF
chmod 754 /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd
Add the run level symlinks:
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49xinetd &&
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K49xinetd &&
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K49xinetd &&
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S23xinetd &&
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S23xinetd &&
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S23xinetd &&
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49xinetd
Now, we'll use our new boot script to start xinetd:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start
Checking the /var/log/daemon.log file
should prove quite entertaining. This file may contain entries
similar to the following:
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]
These errors are due to the fact that we don't have most of the
servers that xinetd is trying to control installed yet.