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Questions tagged [xinetd]

xinetd is a daemon that manages internet services for Unix-like systems. It is a replacement for the inetd daemon, with access control, rate limiting, and extended logging features.

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systemd "socket activation" vs xinetd

I use xinetd and it works for my purposes. However I recently discovered that systemd has something built in called "socket activation". These two seem very similar, but systemd is "official" and seems like the better choice. However before using…
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Cannot get TFTP server working on Ubuntu using xinetd

I am trying to get a very simple tftp server working. I followed the guides at several websites, including how-to-setup-tftp-on-ubuntu and installing-and-testing-tftpd-in-ubuntudebian, but I haven't been able to get a tftp server working. The xinetd…
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Telnet connection had been closed by a foreign host

The client PC IP: 10.49.46.5/24 and the server PC IP: 10.49.46.2/24 are two computers linked to the same network. When I try to create an interactive communication between these two computers using the command telnet, I get the…
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systemd vs xinetd

I have a CentOS 7 system which uses systemd, and I want to start a tftp server. I'm confused about the right way to do this. I've seen some posts that say install xinetd and launch it from there (like pre-systemd), and other posts that say enable…
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hosts.allow: %u not working (log username)

I need to keep track of all SSH connections on my server. In my /etc/hosts.allow I have something like this: sshd: ALL : spawn ( echo "`date` from %u %a " >> /var/log/ssh/%d.log ) & where %a logs the client IP, and %u is supposed to log the…
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Setting nice and ionice for rsync via xinetd

I am attempting to set nice and ionice for rsync via xinetd. I am running Fedora 16. The reason I would like to use these values is to reduce the rsync process to an idle state so other processes run unaffected. I have tried to use…
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Bash tcp redirection end of transmission

I made a simple network service with xinetd which reads a string from tcp socket and outputs its encoded view. Original binary(qrencode) just reading stdin. It works fine when I use it with netcat as echo string | nc But it doesn't…
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How do I launch the daytime service?

Whenever I think I'm getting comfortable with Linux, I get stumped by a simple problem that exposes my inexperience: how do I launch the daytime service? My trail of attempts is as follows: >sudo systemctl start daytime Failed to issue method call:…
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What services accept tcp connection?

I've been learning about socket programming recently, and am just beginning learning about tcp/ip sockets. My study material gives an example of connecting to the localhost daytime service by running telnet 127.0.0.1 13 with the expected result that…
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If I restart xinetd service , does it impact the currently active FTP connections?

In my Linux system FTP server is running from xinetd . I want to make a configuration change inside the /etc/xinetd.d/ directory for the FTP server launch with respect to the arguments passed to the FTP server . So for this change do I have to…
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TFTP isn't listening the defined port when started using a xinetd rule

I am following this tutorial to work with tftp: First, I install all the necessary packages: sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp -y Next, create a configuration file: sudo nano /etc/xinetd.d/tftp Put the following content into the file. service…
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Is Super server (inted / xinetd/... ) comes with Ubuntu default?

Few days back I learn about super server in networking. Then I looked for /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/xinetd.d and found neither of them in Ubuntu. Note: I know only these two types of super server configuration file in Unix like system. Is Ubuntu…
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Centos7: Starting xinetd service with systemd

I have a xinetd service from Centos6 and I want to port to Centos7 ie create a systemd service # cat /etc/xinetd.d/br_rsh # default: on # description: The rshd server is the server for the rcmd(3) routine and, \ # consequently, for the rsh(1)…
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How can I install rexecd on Ubuntu

I tried to install rexecd executing this codes: apt-get install xinetd apt-get install rsh-server But, following the steps found on a web page, I try access to /etc/xinetd.d/rsh, /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin and /etc/xinetd.d/rexec, I can't find them, so…
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Is there any way to set Mac OS X to use xinetd instead of launchd?

Can Mac OS X run xinetd instead of launchd and if so, how do you do it?
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