Thanks to everyone that posted back so quick and esp. to David and Ben for finding the solution. 'type = unlisted' fixed the issue! Thanks, Jim ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: XInetd & /etc/services Issue From: "Matthew Howard" <mch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, October 20, 2004 2:21 am To: "Discussion of the Fedora Legacy Project" <fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: tux@xxxxxxxxxxxx jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Stringer wrote: >On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 05:37, Jim Robinson wrote: > > > >>Now in /etc/services I create the port & protocol entries:- >>platypusd 5124/tcp # Platypus user utility daemon >> >>When I restart xinetd however I get this error: >>Oct 19 15:32:25 venus xinetd[7520]: Exiting... >>Oct 19 15:32:25 venus xinetd: xinetd shutdown succeeded >>Oct 19 15:32:25 venus xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded >>Oct 19 15:32:25 venus xinetd[13568]: service/protocol combination not in /etc/services: platypusd/tcp >>Oct 19 15:32:26 venus xinetd[13568]: xinetd Version 2.3.12 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in. >>Oct 19 15:32:26 venus xinetd[13568]: Started working: 4 available services >> >>I have tried every which way I can think of to try and get xinetd to read the correct lines from /etc/services but it just does not want to jive. >> >> > >Do you use NIS or other alternative name services? > >The /etc/nsswitch.conf be be used to specify an alternative lookup service for the services mappings, however the default is to use >/etc/services > >Otherwise, your configuration looks fine. > > > You could also add the following attribute to your platypusd service config file: type = UNLISTED That will let xinetd know that it shouldn't try to lookup the service. Regards, Matthew -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list