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| 2 | <title>Configuring xinetd</title>
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| 3 | <para>Create the xinetd.conf file with the following commands: </para>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para><screen><userinput>
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| 6 | cp /etc/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf.bak
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| 7 | sed -e 's/etc/sbin/g' xinetd/sample.conf > /etc/xinetd.conf
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| 8 | </userinput></screen></para>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 11 | <para><userinput>/etc/xinetd.conf</userinput></para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>Create the xinetd boot script:</para>
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| 14 | <para><screen><userinput>
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| 15 | cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd << "EOF"
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| 16 | #!/bin/bash
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| 17 | # Begin $rc_base/init.d/xinetd
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| 18 | # Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
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| 19 | # Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
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| 20 | source /etc/sysconfig/rc
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| 21 | source $rc_functions
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| 22 | case "$1" in
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| 23 | start)
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| 24 | echo "Starting xinetd..."
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| 25 | loadproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
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| 26 | ;;
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| 27 | stop)
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| 28 | echo "Stopping xinetd..."
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| 29 | killproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
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| 30 | ;;
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| 31 | reload)
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| 32 | echo "Reloading xinetd..."
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| 33 | killall -HUP xinetd
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| 34 | ;;
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| 35 | restart)
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| 36 | $0 stop
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| 37 | sleep 1
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| 38 | $0 start
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| 39 | ;;
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| 40 | status)
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| 41 | statusproc /usr/sbin/xinetd
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| 42 | ;;
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| 43 | *)
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| 44 | echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
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| 45 | exit 1
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| 46 | ;;
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| 47 | esac
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| 48 | # End $rc_base/init.d/xinetd
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| 49 | EOF
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| 50 |
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| 51 | </userinput></screen></para>
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| 52 | <para>Add the run level symlinks:</para>
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| 53 | <para><screen><userinput>
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| 54 | chmod 754 /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd &&
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| 55 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K49xinetd &&
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| 56 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/K49xinetd &&
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| 57 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/K49xinetd &&
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| 58 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S22xinetd &&
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| 59 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S22xinetd &&
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| 60 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S22xinetd &&
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| 61 | ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/K49xinetd
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| 62 | </userinput></screen></para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>Now, we'll use our new boot script to start xinetd: </para>
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| 65 | <para><screen><userinput>
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| 66 | /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start
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| 67 | </userinput></screen></para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>Checking the <filename>/var/log/daemon.log</filename> file
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| 70 | should prove quite entertaining. This file may contain entries
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| 71 | similar to the following: </para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <para><screen><userinput>
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| 74 | Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Server /usr/sbin/in.rlogind is not
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| 75 | executable [line=29]
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| 76 | Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Error parsing attribute server -
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| 77 | DISABLING SERVICE [line=29]
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| 78 | Aug 22 21:40:21 dps10 xinetd[2696]: Server /usr/sbin/in.rshd is not
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| 79 | executable [line=42]
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| 80 | </userinput></screen></para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <para>These errors are due to the fact that we don't have most of the
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| 83 | servers that xinetd is trying to control installed yet.</para></sect3>
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| 84 | </sect2>
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| 85 |
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