3.5. Adding a New Service (xinetd)
Problem
You want to add a new network service, controlled by xinetd.
Solution
Create a new configuration file in /etc/xinetd.d with at least the following information:
serviceSERVICE_NAME
Name from /etc/services; see services(5) { server =/PATH/TO/SERVER
The service executable server_args =ANY_ARGS_HERE
Any arguments; omit if none user =USER
Run the service as this user socket_type =TYPE
stream, dgram, raw, or seqpacket wait =YES/NO
yes = single-threaded, no = multithreaded }
Name the file SERVICE_NAME
. Then signal
xinetd to read your new service file. [Recipe 3.3]
Discussion
To create an xinetd configuration file for your service, you must of course know your service’s desired properties and behavior. Is it stream based? Datagram based? Single-threaded or multithreaded? What arguments does the server executable take, if any?
xinetd configuration files have a tremendous number of additional keywords and values. See xinetd.conf(5) for full details.
xinetd reads all files in /etc/xinetd.d only if /etc/xinetd.conf tells it to, via this line:
includedir /etc/xinetd.d
Check your
/etc/xinetd.conf
to confirm the location of its
includedir
.
See Also
xinetd(8), xinetd.conf(5), services(5). The xinetd home page is http://www.synack.net/xinetd.
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