Table 1. Directives for xinetd
DIRECTIVE DESCRIPTION
socket_type type of network socket, stream
or dgram
protocol IP protocol, usually TCP or UDP
wait yes or no, equivalent to inetd
wait or nowait
user user ID used to run process
server full path to executable
server_args arguments given to server,
values as well
instances maximum number of instances to
start
start max_load load average to stoip using
service on (optional)
log_on_success options to log on successful
startup
log_on_failure information to log when
connection fails
only_from networks or hosts to accept
connections from
no_access hosts or networks to deny access to
disabled used in defaults {} to disable
services
log_type type of log and path,
FILE or SYSLOG
nice niceness level with which to
spawn service
id service name used in the logs
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