[ale] Adding service to xinetd

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Well maybe I'm just lazy. :) I like using the 'chkconfig' feature to
start and stop services or to change run levels for them. Also,
xinetd is much more secure that inetd.

Thanks for the advice!

Jeff

>Since you have it running under init using a init script to start it,
>then you can just add a case in your init script for a stop function. 
>Then you would just call the script with the stop case,
>"/etc/init.d/service stop", to shutdown the daemon.
>Mixing xinetd's control with init's control isn't a great idea.  Don't
>use xinetd since you would have to comment out the service's line in
>xinetd.conf and restart xinetd to stop your service.  Just use init and
>a start and stop case in your startup script.  It is faster for netbased
>responses and easier for you to control.  Unless there is a reason you
>don't want it running 24/7 and only when a request comes in is it to
>startup and service the request.  I don't know much about xinetd so I
>may not realize there is a way to send it info to stop or start
>servicing requests for a particular service such as ftp or smartd.  Just
>my thoughts,
>Dow
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>>>>laytonjb at comcast.net 12/21/03 12:48 PM >>>
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>Good afternoon campers!
>
>   I've got a daemon that I'd like to have started (controlled?)
>by xinetd. Currently, I have a script that starts it via the
>init process. However, I'd like to be able to use chkconfig
>to bring the service up and down when I want. Does anyone
>know how to do this? (I've been searching google with not
>much luck).
>
>Thanks!
>
>Jeff
>
>P.S. The service is called smartd - part of smartmontools.
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