[NCLUG] RedHat Enterprise 3 question

[Bill Thorson]

James,

Sendmail services are not usually started by xinetd or inetd.  They are 
usually run as
daemons.  However, this doesn't mean you can't.   When you say that 
chkconfig --list
shows your new service is set to run on 2 3 4 5 then I know it's not set 
up right.  Are
you sure you didn't put a script in /etc/init.d for your service?  They 
are the only scripts
run for different runlevels.

Other things to consider if your sendmail service is running.  Did you 
configure your
sendmail.cf to listen on a different port than smtp?  Do you have a 
firewall that would
inhibit you connecting to your port?

Bill

James Cizek wrote:

>  Hi Folks,
>
>  Having a bit of trouble with RedHat Enterprise server 3. 
>  I am used to the old inetd where it was nice and simple
>  and you edit one file to make a change.  Since ES uses
>  xinetd, I am having trouble starting a new service.
>  I have added a new file in my /etc/xinetd.d for the new 
>  service (the new service is a sendmail that i want spawned
>  at a very high debugging level)  I added the new service
>  name and port to /etc/services  I issued 'service xinetd restart'
>  and it restarts.  The machine is still refusing connections
>  on that new port.  chkconfig --list shows that my new service
>  is on and is set to be on at run levels 2 3 4 5
>  Am I missing something?  I thought it was so much simpler
>  when you just had to edit inetd.conf....   8-)
>  
>  -James
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