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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Is xinetd necessary? How to detect actual use on a running server?
I have "inherited" a CentOS 7 server on which xinetd is automatically started at boot. My task is to harden that server. Therefore I am wondering whether I can disable the xinetd service. ...
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Can I use inetd or xinetd as a web server?
I just want to know if it is possible to use xinetd as a web server to server simple piped commands. For example, I want the output of ps -ef|grep root|wc -l to be served over HTTP using xinetd (...
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Is there a way to disable reverse lookups (hostname resolving) in xinetd?
I suspect that resolving the IP address to it's hostname on each incoming connections makes my xinetd connections slow. Is there an option somewhere which would allow me to disable reverse lookups ...
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xinetd + shell script echoing flags in TCP packet
I'm trying to create a script that replicates a JSON status response from a Minecraft server (https://wiki.vg/Server_List_Ping). I've currently set up xinetd to execute a shell script that echos a ...
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TFTP: cannot send/recive file, showing Error: TFTP, Opcode: Error Code(5)
I am trying to send/receive a file using TFTP from the network switch to ubuntu(VirtualBox on Windows 10 Pro), but getting an error code 5 By following the steps mentioned below it seems like my ...
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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 ...
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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/...
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Launching Xvnc server with xinetd, wrapped with vglrun
I'm trying to set up remote login for the CentOS 7 machine in our office, so that users can connect using TigerVNC from windows clients and reach a gdm login screen. Previously, I followed these ...
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