Configuring xinetd
Config files
/etc/xinetd.conf
Configuration Information
Insure 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.