Re: inetd questions

[bxf4@psu.edu (Brian P. Flaherty)]

Jason Thomas <jason@topic.com.au> writes:

> I tried this out on my system and it works for me!
> 
> with disabled:
> Aug 19 12:58:21 imhotep xinetd[26847]: {init_services} no services. Exiting...
> 
> without disabled:
> Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.8p3 started with 
> Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: libwrap 
> Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: options compiled in.
> Aug 19 12:58:38 imhotep xinetd[26856]: Started working: 1 available service
> 
> 
> defaults
> {
>        disabled                = amanda
> }
> 
> service amanda
> {
>         socket_type     = dgram
>         protocol        = udp
>         wait            = yes
>         user            = backup
>         groups                  = yes
>         server          = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
>         bind                    = 192.168.11.10
>         only_from               = 192.168.11.2
> }
> 
> the man page does mention putting in a 'disable = yes' option.

May I ask what version of xinetd you are using?  My man page does not
mention 'disable=yes' anywhere.  In fact, in the example xinetd.conf
on the man page, rstatd is disabled in the defaults section, but there
is no 'disable=yes' in the rstatd description.  Thanks for your time.

Brian Flaherty