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as title... just says "Starting INET services... (xinetd) failed." It won't tell me why it's failed. What I've tried so far: 1) Run "/etc/init.d/xinetd -d" (d for debug), but it ...
  1. 11-14-2006 #1
    bentaylor
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    help! xinetd won't start...

    as title... just says "Starting INET services... (xinetd) failed."
    It won't tell me why it's failed.
    What I've tried so far:
    1) Run "/etc/init.d/xinetd -d" (d for debug), but it just prints usage.
    2) Looked in /var/log/xinetd.log, but it just contains "06/11/14@16:06:19: START: ftp pid=22969 from=127.0.0.1"

    I'm looking for clues on how I can find out why it failed to start, if anybody can shed any light on it?

    My /etc/xinetd.conf is:
    Code:
    #
# xinetd.conf
#
# Copyright (c) 1998-2001 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
# Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
#

defaults
{
	log_type        = FILE /var/log/xinetd.log 
        log_on_success  = HOST EXIT DURATION
	log_on_failure	= HOST ATTEMPT
#        only_from       = localhost
        instances       = 30
	cps		= 50 10

#
# The specification of an interface is interesting, if we are on a firewall.
# For example, if you only want to provide services from an internal
# network interface, you may specify your internal interfaces IP-Address.
#
#	interface	= 127.0.0.1

}



#includedir /etc/xinetd.d
service proftpd
{
	socket_type     = stream
	protocol        = tcp
	wait            = no
	user            = nobody
	group           = nogroup
	server          = /usr/local/sbin/proftpd
}
service apache2
{
	socket_type     = stream
	protocol        = tcp
	wait            = no
	user            = nobody
	group           = nogroup
	server          = /etc/init.d/apache2
}
    my /etc/apache2/httpd.conf is:
    Code:
    Include /etc/apache2/server-tuning.conf
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error_log
Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf
Include /etc/apache2/listen.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_log_config.conf
Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/global.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_status.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_info.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_usertrack.conf
Include /etc/apache2/mod_autoindex-defaults.conf
TypesConfig /etc/apache2/mime.types
DefaultType text/plain
Include /etc/apache2/mod_mime-defaults.conf
Include /etc/apache2/errors.conf
Include /etc/apache2/ssl-global.conf
<Directory />
    Options None
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

# use .htaccess files for overriding,
AccessFileName .htaccess
# and never show them
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
</Files>

# List of resources to look for when the client requests a directory
DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var

### 'Main' server configuration #############################################
#
# The directives in this section set up the values used by the 'main'
# server, which responds to any requests that aren't handled by a
# <VirtualHost> definition.  These values also provide defaults for
# any <VirtualHost> containers you may define later in the file.
#
# All of these directives may appear inside <VirtualHost> containers,
# in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
# virtual host being defined.
#
Include /etc/apache2/default-server.conf


# Another way to include your own files
#
# The file below is generated from /etc/sysconfig/apache2,
# include arbitrary files as named in APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES and
# APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_DIRS
Include /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/include.conf


### Virtual server configuration ############################################
#
# VirtualHost: If you want to maintain multiple domains/hostnames on your
# machine you can setup VirtualHost containers for them. Most configurations
# use only name-based virtual hosts so the server doesn't need to worry about
# IP addresses. This is indicated by the asterisks in the directives below.
#
# Please see the documentation at
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.2/vhosts/>
# for further details before you try to setup virtual hosts.
#
# You may use the command line option '-S' to verify your virtual host
# configuration.
#
Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf


# Note: instead of adding your own configuration here, consider 
#       adding it in your own file (/etc/apache2/httpd.conf.local)
#       putting its name into APACHE_CONF_INCLUDE_FILES in 
#       /etc/sysconfig/apache2 -- this will make system updates 
#       easier :)
    and my /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf is:
    Code:
    # This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to 
# 'proftpd.conf' for actual use.  It establishes a single server
# and a single anonymous login.  It assumes that you have a user/group
# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon.

ServerName			"ProFTPD Default Installation"
ServerType			inetd
DefaultServer			on

# Port 21 is the standard FTP port.
Port				21

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files
# from being group and world writable.
Umask				022

# To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes
# to 30.  If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value.  Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd).
MaxInstances			30

# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User				nobody
Group				nogroup

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
#DefaultRoot ~

# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite		on

# Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default
<Limit SITE_CHMOD>
  DenyAll
</Limit>

# A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories.  If you do not
# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire <Anonymous> section.
#<Anonymous ~ftp>
#  User				ftp
#  Group				ftp

  # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
#  UserAlias			anonymous ftp

  # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins
#  MaxClients			10

  # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed
  # in each newly chdired directory.
#  DisplayLogin			welcome.msg
#  DisplayFirstChdir		.message

  # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot
#  <Limit WRITE>
#    DenyAll
#  </Limit>
#</Anonymous>
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  2. 11-14-2006 #2
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    ah, got past that particular hurdle - it was that the service name in xinetd.conf didn't match the name in /etc/services.
    But I still can't get the damn ftp server working...aaaah!!

    netstat -pant returns:
    Code:
    Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2756/portmap
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:80              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      30738/xinetd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:2544          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2895/zmd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:21              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      30738/xinetd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:631             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      3035/cupsd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      3053/master
tcp        0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN      20690/sshd
tcp        0      0 ::1:25                  :::*                    LISTEN      3053/master
    so it is listening, but I get:
    Code:
    benscomputer:~ # su - ben
ben@benscomputer:~> ftp localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection.
    what the devil is wrong with this *****?


    the httpd server doesn't seem to be working either.
    The /etc/xinetd.conf is now:
    Code:
    #
# xinetd.conf
#
# Copyright (c) 1998-2001 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
# Copyright (c) 2002 SuSE Linux AG, Nuernberg, Germany.
#

defaults
{
	log_type        = FILE /var/log/xinetd.log 
        log_on_success  = HOST EXIT DURATION
	log_on_failure	= HOST ATTEMPT
#        only_from       = localhost
        instances       = 30
	cps		= 50 10

#
# The specification of an interface is interesting, if we are on a firewall.
# For example, if you only want to provide services from an internal
# network interface, you may specify your internal interfaces IP-Address.
#
#	interface	= 127.0.0.1

}



includedir /etc/xinetd.d
service ftp
{
	socket_type     = stream
	protocol        = tcp
	wait            = no
	user            = nobody
	group           = nogroup
	server          = /usr/local/sbin/proftpd
}
service www
{
	socket_type     = stream
	protocol        = tcp
	wait            = no
	user            = nobody
	group           = nogroup
	server          = /etc/init.d/apache2
}
    anybody?
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