Re: help with xinetd

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Scott (<ReplyToListOnly@yahoo.com>) wrote:

> As I setup my debian box, I installed xinetd so it would be more like
> the RH setups I was used to.  The change seemed to go fine when I
> installed it via dselect.  I expected a conflict with inetd, but got
> no complaint.  I did get a message that the jist was nothing that had
> been previously installed would be upgraded.  I wasn't sure what this
> meant, although I had an idea...
> 
> Now trying to disable telnet, I added "disable = telnet" to my
> xinetd.conf file in the defaults section, but telnetd is still
> answering.  inetd is not running.

Check if telnetd is running in standalone mode. I don't know about
telnetd, but exim is by default also called by inetd. If you disable it
in inetd, it will run in standalone mode, unless you also disable that.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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