On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Ethan Lee wrote: > many thanks. that worked, but may I ask why are there 2 differing > "versions" of xinetd ? > > Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: > > >you are using the xinetd from /usr/sbin. you may have issued xinetd from a >directory other than the one specified or you didnot type the fullpath.either go to >the directory > > > > /etc/init.d/ > > > >then execute > > > > ./xinetd reload or ./xinetd restart > > > >or do it in one swoop > > > > /etc/init.d/xinetd [ reload | restart ] > > > >HTH > > There aren't two versions. The /usr/sbin/xinetd is the binary that runs it. /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd is a script used to start, stop, restart. etc. Many services have such init-scripts to initialize them. You'll notice there are many in the /etc/init.d/. Also notice the name of the dir >> init.d for initializing.
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