I can't restart xinetd... nothing works

hunterhunter · 03-28-2006, 11:56 PM

I tried /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
nothing...
killall -HUP xinetd
nothing...
/etc/xinetd restart
nothing
/etc/xinetd.d restart

I'm not even sure that xinetd is my super server...

there is an /etc/xinetd directory, rc.d, init.d

I'm confused...

Thanks

hunterhunter · 03-29-2006, 12:45 AM

# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart
-bash: /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd: No such file or directory

Is there perhaps something similar to xinetd on my system??

I don't get it, all of the xinetd files are there. Am I restarting it wrong or is there some other type of inet running?

Thanks again

Wim Sturkenboom · 03-29-2006, 01:14 AM

Wich distro? For Slackware it's inetd and not xinetd. The startup script is /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd.
ps -ef |grep inetd will show you which one is running (if one is running).

hunterhunter · 03-29-2006, 01:21 AM

[root@localhost]# ps -ef | grep inetd
root 7567 7088 0 02:20 pts/2 00:00:00 grep inetd

hunterhunter · 03-29-2006, 01:23 AM

Oh, and I'm in FedoraCore4.

basileus · 03-29-2006, 03:14 AM

I'd do a "ps aux|grep inetd" after a reboot and if there's no output except for the "grep inetd" then you don't have "inetd" or "xinetd" running. Then check that they really are installed using your distro's package management tools.

You "inetd" or "xinetd" could also have broken config files or something that might prevent it from starting, even if it is installed.