RHEL5: includedir option in /etc/xinetd.conf does not take effect

quanba · 03-01-2010, 02:47 AM

Hi there,

When I was configure xinetd service, I tried to modify the includedir option in /etc/xinetd.conf to another directory. For example:

defaults
{

}

includedir /etc/other-directory

I restarted xinetd using : service xinetd restart

I tested configuration using: chkconfig chargen-stream on/off but the configuration is still changed in /etc/xinetd.d/chargen-stream, not in the new location /etc/other-directory/chargen-stream.

Please give me some advices.
Thanks in advance.

bathory · 03-01-2010, 03:21 AM

Hi,

It looks like /etc/xinetd.d is hardcoded into chckonfig:

Quote:

strings /sbin/chkconfig |grep xinetd

/etc/init.d/xinetd reload >/dev/null 2>&1
xinetd
/etc/xinetd.d
xinetd based services:
/etc/xinetd.d/%s

So what you can do, is to symlink /etc/xinetd.d to /etc/other-directory

Regards

quanba · 03-03-2010, 03:37 AM

Hi bathory, thanks alot for your help