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I want to study/understand linux networking and:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/x635.html
is part of my 'journey'.

It nicely explains about  the files: /etc/services , /etc/inetd.conf .

On my redhat 6.2 installation I found and confirmed the contents
of /etc/services , but can't find any */inetd.conf .
(although my Slakware instalation has one).

How does redhat 6.2 do the 'job' without a /etc/inetd.conf ?

Thanks for any pointers.

-- Chris Glur.

On 01 Nov 2002 16:30:20 GMT, in comp.os.linux.networking,

They don't use inetd. Instead, they use a service called xinetd

Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)

I'm not sure that RedHat switched from inetd to xinetd with 6.2,
but they did it around then, so the answer is:

inetd, inetd.conf is GONE

xinetd works slightly differently, I use chkconfig to query the
settings of xinetd controlled services, for example, imap:

# chkconfig --list imap
imap            on

If I wanted to, I could do:

# chkconfig imap off

# chkconfig --list  imap
imap            off

(etc.)

One can also finely control the operation of the services, see:

"Access Control Using xinetd"

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-...

for example.

HTH, Bob L.
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Quote:> I want to study/understand linux networking and:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/x635.html
> is part of my 'journey'.

> It nicely explains about  the files: /etc/services , /etc/inetd.conf .

> On my redhat 6.2 installation I found and confirmed the contents
> of /etc/services , but can't find any */inetd.conf .
> (although my Slakware instalation has one).

> How does redhat 6.2 do the 'job' without a /etc/inetd.conf ?

Red Hat now uses xinetd, rather than inetd. Instead of /etc/inetd.conf,
you should have an /etc/xinetd.conf file and an /etc/xinetd.d directory.
In a standard RH configuration, /etc/xinetd.conf includes some default
settings and settings that cause the system to read the files in
/etc/xinetd.d, each of which provides definitions for a single server
handled by xinetd. There's more information on xinetd on its Web page,
http://www.xinetd.org.

Neither inetd nor xinetd is truly required for a basic Linux setup, and
it's conceivable that neither program is installed on your system. In
that case, neither program's configuration file(s) will be present.
These tools are the usual way to launch certain servers, though.

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Author of books on Linux, networking, & multi-OS configuration

Quote:> I want to study/understand linux networking and:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/x635.html
> is part of my 'journey'.

> It nicely explains about  the files: /etc/services , /etc/inetd.conf .

> On my redhat 6.2 installation I found and confirmed the contents
> of /etc/services , but can't find any */inetd.conf .
> (although my Slakware instalation has one).

> How does redhat 6.2 do the 'job' without a /etc/inetd.conf ?

> Thanks for any pointers.

> -- Chris Glur.

What class of install did you do?  I don't believe inetd is installed in the
"Workstation" class installs.
Do a "rpm -qa | grep inet" and see what comes back.

--
William Hooper

All computers wait at the same speed

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Quote:>> How does redhat 6.2 do the 'job' without a /etc/inetd.conf ?

>> Thanks for any pointers.

>> -- Chris Glur.

Redhat use xinetd.d , a directory which contains all the definitions
for the services you need. To enable a service vi the service
definition , and normally change the line disabled = yes , to no. Then
re-start the meta-service which controls all of these services,
service xinetd restart, and your daemon will be available.

codfather

Quote:> [.....]
> >> How does redhat 6.2 do the 'job' without a /etc/inetd.conf ?

> >> Thanks for any pointers.

> >> -- Chris Glur.

> Redhat use xinetd.d , a directory which contains all the definitions
> for the services you need. To enable a service vi the service
> definition , and normally change the line disabled = yes , to no. Then
> re-start the meta-service which controls all of these services,
> service xinetd restart, and your daemon will be available.

> codfather

For the record, RH 6.2 still used inetd not xinetd.  I just upgraded a 6.2
box last weekend.
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William Hooper

If you're not on somebody's shit list, you're not doing anything worthwhile.