[leafnode-list] Redhat [x]inetd Configuration on Install

["William Hooper" <whooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthias, I've also cc'ed the list so it can be archived there, but it seems
the original issue has be resolved anyway.  Feel free to edit this as you
see fit.

List, please jump in if you see anything incorrect.  I personally installed
and tested all versions except 6.0, 7.0, and 7.2.  Please ask if anything
isn't clear enough.

Basically Redhat has changed stance on inetd/xinetd over the years.  In the
6.x version inetd was used, while xinetd is used in the 7.x series and 8.0.
Note in the following I make the assumption that the "Gnome workstation" and
"KDE workstation" installs are the same in regard to our discussion.  Also,
when in doubt a simple "rpm -qa | grep inetd" will show you if either inetd
or xinetd is installed.  The "service" and "chkconfig" commands can be used
to be sure [x]inetd is running and configured to run at boot time.  By
default runlevels 3, 4, and 5 have [x]inetd running.

Beginning with Redhat 6.2, inetd was broken out as a separate RPM and not
included when doing a "Workstation" install.  This stands true for the 7.x
series (xinetd not installed) until 7.3.  In Redhat 7.3, xinetd was added
back to the "Workstation" install as a dependency for "sgi_fam".  Note, this
change is not reflected in the RH documentation, which states that xinetd is
not installed in "Workstation" installs.

In Redhat 8.0, the install options have changed, now offering a "Personal
Desktop" install.  When doing a "Workstation" or "Personal Desktop" install
xinetd is installed as in 7.3, presumably to satisfy the same dependency.

In cases where [x]inetd is not installed, no other RPMs are required to
install it.  This means to install it you have three options (for RH 6.2
substitute inetd instead of xinetd):
1) Best - If you have registered for Redhat's up2date service, just type
"up2date xinetd" as root.
2) Next Best - Install RPM from updates.redhat.com (version numbers current
as of today for RH 7.3).  You can manually download the RPM and install it
(as root) using "rpm -ivh xinetd-2.3.9-0.73.i386.rpm", or have RPM download
it for you by using (again, as root) "rpm -ivh
http://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/xinetd-2.3.9-0.73.i386.rpm";.
3) Worse - Install the RPM from the original CD.  This is usually the worse
option because the updates (used above) are released to fix security issues.
(All as root) First mount the first RH CD by putting it in the CD-ROM and
doing a "mount /mnt/cdrom", change to the directory that holds the RPMs "cd
/mnt/cdrom/Redhat/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.7-2.i386.rpm".

I guess it ended up being more than a paragraph, and not as much "generic".
Hope that helps.
--
William Hooper

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once


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