Xinetd question

[uadm26]

Hi,
I am installing and making tests with xinetd and so far I did not have any problem, but I was alerted that both applications could not run in simultaneous, but the truth is that already I tested and the system functions with one of them, or with the two. Well, my question is the following one, it will be that xinetd came to substitute inetd, or I can commute services between the two? Will exist some inconvenience in the use only of xinetd?
Thanks.

[Geoff Wild]

On linux, I only use xinetd.

FAQ: http://www.xinetd.org/faq.html

So, as far as your question - can you use both - maybe, but I doubt it - as xinetd is a replacement for inetd.

Rgds...Geoff

[Bill Thorsteinson · Accepted solution]

You can run both at the same time. However
you can' have them both listening for the
same service.

If I were switching from inetd to xinetd, I
would add services to xinetd one at a time.
- update xinetd.conf to add the service
- update inetd.conf to disable the servive.
- send inetd a HUP signal to reload the new config.
- send xinetd a HUP signal to reload the configuration.

I would start with less critical services and
move up to more critical services.

It would appear from the FAQ that there can
be multiple xinetd processes running. This
allows users to configure their own xinetd
process on unprivileged ports (>1024).

[Ivan Ferreira]

You should have no problems running only xinetd. As stated before, xinetd has replaced entirely to inetd in Linux. The xinetd daemon has a lot of more features than inetd, so, you should try using only one of these daemons, the xinetd daemon.

[uadm26]

Thanks for all!!