Silly question... I can't get xinetd to start on my linux box (CENTOS 4.8).
I've got so far as to remove it and reinstall it via yum. When I try to start it, stop it, etc. I get no error at all.
[root@server ~]# service xinetd stop
[root@server ~]# service xinetd start
[root@server ~]# service xinetd restart
I would expect to see some standard status from the system (e.g. "Service Started - [OK]" I also don't see any log entries in /var/log/messages
I've tried running the init script with the -d option but nada. No errors. No confirmation messages that the service started. Nothing.
Any ideas?
[UPDATE] - As per recommendations, here's an output of cat /etc/init.d/xinetd
#!/bin/bash
#
# xinetd This starts and stops xinetd.
#
# chkconfig: 345 56 50
# description: xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. \
# xinetd has access control mechanisms, extensive \
# logging capabilities, the ability to make services \
# available based on time, and can place \
# limits on the number of servers that can be started, \
# among other things.
#
# processname: /usr/sbin/xinetd
# config: /etc/sysconfig/network
# config: /etc/xinetd.conf
# pidfile: /var/run/xinetd.pid
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions
# Get config.
test -f /etc/sysconfig/network && . /etc/sysconfig/network
# More config
test -f /etc/sysconfig/xinetd && . /etc/sysconfig/xinetd
# Check that we are root ... so non-root users stop here
[ `id -u` = 0 ] || exit 1
# Check that networking is up.
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "yes" ] || exit 0
[ -f /usr/sbin/xinetd ] || exit 1
[ -f /etc/xinetd.conf ] || exit 1
RETVAL=0
prog="xinetd"
start(){
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
# Localization for xinetd is controlled in /etc/synconfig/xinetd
if [ -z "$XINETD_LANG" -o "$XINETD_LANG" = "none" -o "$XINETD_LANG" = "NONE" ]; then
unset LANG LC_TIME LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LC_NUMERIC LC_MONETARY LC_COLLATE
else
LANG="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_TIME="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_ALL="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_MESSAGES="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_NUMERIC="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_MONETARY="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_COLLATE="$XINETD_LANG"
export LANG LC_TIME LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LC_NUMERIC LC_MONETARY LC_COLLATE
fi
unset HOME MAIL USER USERNAME
daemon $prog -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid "$EXTRAOPTIONS"
RETVAL=$?
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/xinetd
return $RETVAL
}
stop(){
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
killproc $prog
RETVAL=$?
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/xinetd
return $RETVAL
}
reload(){
echo -n $"Reloading configuration: "
killproc $prog -HUP
RETVAL=$?
echo
return $RETVAL
}
restart(){
stop
start
}
condrestart(){
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/xinetd ] && restart
return 0
}
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status $prog
;;
restart)
restart
;;
reload)
reload
;;
condrestart)
condrestart
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|reload}"
RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL
