internal xinetd service listening on port 9098

wizap · 02-11-2006, 10:56 AM

I did a netstat and found that I have a port 9098 opened by xinetd.

However, when I `cat /etc/xinetd.d/service`, I find that it should be off by default:

Code:

# default: off
# description: An internal xinetd service, listing active services.
service services
{
        disable = no
        type            = INTERNAL UNLISTED
        port            = 9098
        socket_type     = stream
        protocol        = tcp
        wait            = no
        only_from       = 127.0.0.1
}

I am trying to find out what exactly does it do?

jcliburn · 02-11-2006, 11:42 AM

Looks like a misconfigured service. According to the contents of the file you supplied, the service is turned on (even though the comments say the default is "off"). To turn it off, set "disable = yes" then restart xinetd. I don't really know what it does; it's not enabled on my xinetd and I see no apparent ill effects.