Configuring <application>xinetd</application> Config files /etc/xinetd.conf Configuration Information Ensure the path to all daemons are in /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 . Install /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd init script included in the package. make install-xinetd 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.