this is obsolete doc -- see http://doc.nethence.com/ instead

Inetd port checker on RHEL 

 

 

Create the inetd capable script, 

vi /root/scinetd.ksh

like, 

#!/bin/ksh

 

        while read input; do
                echo "$HOSTNAME: $input"
                logger "$HOSTNAME: $input"
        done

 

Configure the scinetd service, 

vi /etc/xinetd.d/scinetd

like, 

service scinetd 

{
        disable = no
        socket_type     = stream
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        server          = /root/scinetd.ksh
        log_on_failure  += USERID
}

 

Define the port for the scinetd service, 

vi /etc/services

like, 

scinetd         990/tcp

Note. "990/udp" works too.