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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@trincoll.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:21:54 -0400 Subject: PPR: Re: xinetd owner-ppr-list@mail.cc.trincoll.edu wrote: > To: ppr-list@mail.cc.trincoll.edu > From: Alain.Lachapelle@smiths-heimann.com > Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:26:24 +0200 > Subject: Re: xinetd > Hi, > > >>>Checking for "/usr/sbin/xinetd"... not found >>>Checking for "/usr/sbin/inetd"... found >>>Checking for "/etc/inetd.conf"... does not exist, aborting. >>>make[1]: *** [install] Error 10 >>>make: *** [install] Error 1 > > >>>Using which I get this : > > >>>bash-2.05a# which xinetd >>>/usr/sbin/xinetd > > >>The script is z_install_end/install_inetd.sh. The test for Xinetd is: > > >>if [ -f /usr/sbin/xinetd -a -d /etc/xinetd.d ] > > >>You do have /etc/xinetd.d, don't you? I was under the impression that >>it was pretty standard, but maybe it is a Mandrake Linux thing. > > > This is a homemade Linux. Nowhere in xinetd's documentation is there a > mention that the xinetd.d directory is mandatory. Maybe a lot of distros > are doing it, putting config files into it, but a single xinetd.conf file > is also valid by xinetd's own documentation. Additionally, the two main > xinetd information pages from the xinetd web site are pushing forward the > single-file config. > > Maybe you could check for the xinetd.conf file since this one must be > there. > > Nb.: I've updated my e-mail address concerning the ppr-list. > > > Regards, > > Alain That is interesting. RedHat and Mandrake create an /etc/xinetd.conf file which ends with the line: includedir /etc/xinetd.d Services are added and removed from Xinetd by creating and erasing files in that directory. Otherwise it would be very difficult to remove the Xinetd configuration information for a service when the service itself is removed. I suspect the ability to reconfigure Xinetd by adding or deleting a file was a big factor in the descision to switch to Xinetd. The question is, is the additional script complexity required to configure Xinetd without an /etc/xinetd.d directory worth it. ================================================================ David Chappell David.Chappell@Mail.Trincoll.Edu Computing Center Postmaster@Mail.Trincoll.Edu Trinity College (860) 297-2114 Hartford, Connecticut 06106 U.S.A.