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rpc_version

The RPC version used by the service. This can be a single

number or a range of numbers from x–y. This attribute is

required for RPC services.

rpc_number

Specify RPC ID number. This is required only for services not

listed in /etc/rpc; otherwise it’s ignored.

server

The program to execute for the service. When using tcpd to

wrap a service, also set the NAMEINARGS flag and use the

server’s program name as the first argument for server_args.

This attribute is required for all non-internal services.

server_args

Arguments to pass to the server program.

socket_type

Specify the socket type to create. Accepted values are stream,

dgram, raw, and seqpacket.

type

Describe the type of service. Accepted values are RPC,

INTERNAL, and UNLISTED.

user

Specify a user ID for the server process. This may be used only

when xinetd runs as root.

wait

Determine whether services should be treated as single-

threaded (yes) and xinetd should wait until the server exits to

resume listening for new connections, or multithreaded (no)

and xinetd should not wait to resume listening. This attribute

is required for all serices.

Files

/etc/xinetd.conf

Default configuration file.

/etc/xinetd.d

Common directory containing configuration files included

from /etc/xinetd.conf.

yacc

yacc [options] file ...