Very Computer

Hi all,
I can't get telnet and ftp services to start on my Linux box. I had it
running on other boxes but not this one. Everything looked normal to
me, compared with other boxes I dealt with.
Below are snippets of my config files:

-----------------START OF CONFIGURATIONS AND LOGS-----------------

***FILE:
/etc/services
ftp             21/tcp
ftp             21/udp          fsp fspd
ssh             22/tcp                          # SSH Remote Login
Protocol
ssh             22/udp                          # SSH Remote Login
Protocol
telnet          23/tcp
telnet          23/udp

***FILE:
../xinetd.d/telnet
service telnet
{
        disable         = no
        flags           = REUSE
        socket_type     = stream
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        server          = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
        log_on_failure  += USERID

Quote:}

***FILE:
/etc/xinetd.conf
defaults
{
        instances               = 60
        log_type                = SYSLOG authpriv
        log_on_success          = HOST PID
        log_on_failure          = HOST
        cps                     = 25 30

Quote:}

***Outputs of 'chkconfig --list' shows both ftp and telnet are on. (I
know this might be irrelevant)

***My firewall is off, has no rules and chains are ACCEPT. (This is
probably irrelevant too)

***When I run 'service xinetd restart' it restarts ok.
The log file /var/log/messages though shows 0 available services:
......
Mar  8 08:07:43 myHost xinetd: xinetd shutdown succeeded
Mar  8 08:07:43 myHost xinetd[15959]: xinetd Version 2.3.10 started
with no
options compiled in.
Mar  8 08:07:43 myHost xinetd[15959]: Started working: 0 available
services
Mar  8 08:07:46 myHost xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
........

***Now when I run 'telnet localhost':
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

***I ran 'netstat -na' did a grep on 21 and 23 nothing cameback.

***Just a remark, ssh is working fine on the box, I could remotly
connect ot it.

-----------------END OF CONFIGURATIONS AND LOGS-----------------

I put as much information as I deemed necessary, Please someone help
me figuring this out. It drove me nuts for several weeks already.

Thanks,
Zade A.

Do you have the following line in your /etc/xinetd.conf?

includedir /etc/xinetd.d

--
Jerry Gardner

Jerry,
I always looked at this file and made sure that this line is there.
But overlooked the fact that it is COMMENTED. silly of me, I
uncommented the line and it is working now. Thanks alot Jerry, u r a
life saver.

Regards,
Zade.