The /Etc/Xinetd.d/Directory - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4.5.0 Reference Manual

The
/etc/xinetd.conf
under 's control. It is read once when the
xinetd
changes to take effect, the administrator must restart the
file:
/etc/xinetd.conf
defaults { instances = 60 log_type = SYSLOG authpriv log_on_success = HOST
PID log_on_failure = HOST cps = 25 30 } includedir /etc/xinetd.d
These lines control the following aspects of
• — Sets the maximum number of requests
instances
• — Configures
log_type
the
/var/log/secure
create a custom log file called
• — Configures
log_on_success
remote host's IP address and the process ID of server processing the request are recorded.
• — Configures
log_on_failure
connection is not allowed.
• — Configures
cps xinetd
service. If this limit is reached, the service is retired for 30 seconds.
•
includedir/etc/xinetd.d/
configuration files located in the
Directory"
/etc/xinetd.d/
Note
Often, both the
/etc/xinetd.conf
reason, more information may appear in a given service's log than the
/etc/xinetd.conf
for additional information.
4.2. The
/etc/xinetd.d/
The
/etc/xinetd.d/
and the names of the files correlate to the service. As with
xinetd
is read only when the
administrator must restart the
file contains general configuration settings which effect every service
xinetd
to use the
xinetd
file. Adding a directive such as
xinetdlog
to log if the connection is successful. By default, the
xinetd
to log if there is a connection failure or if the
xinetd
to allow no more than 25 connections per second to any given
— Includes options declared in the service-specific
/etc/xinetd.d/
for more information.
log_on_success
are further modified in the service-specific log files. For this
file may indicate. Refer to
Directory
directory contains the configuration files for each service managed by
service is started. For any changes to take effect, the
xinetd
service.
xinetd
The
service is started, so for configuration
xinetd
service. Below is a sample
xinetd
:
can handle at once.
xinetd
log facility, which writes log entries to
authpriv
FILE /var/log/xinetdlog
in the directory.
/var/log/
directory. Refer to
and
log_on_failure
Section 4.3.1, "Logging Options"
Directory
/etc/xinetd.d/
would
Section 4.2, "The
settings in
, this directory
xinetd.conf
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