Re: [TCLUG:21783] RH 7 - xinetd

[<andy@theasis.com>]

> So I upgraded my 6.2 box last night to RH7. It actually went really well with 
> no problems.
> 
> So what's the deal with xinetd? I've never run it so I don't really know too 
> much about it. From what I read about it it's suppose to be more secure. Anyone 
> have any opinion on it? Are any other distros using it?

I haven't gotten much info on it aside from the man page. I also haven't
bothered to try to configure it much 

> Is there anything else in RH7 that they changed? (worth noting) 

The location of the docs... now /usr/share/doc rather than /usr/doc.

> Hurray for including OpenSSH. Now if they would only disable the
> services that aren't needed. (finger, telnet, rservices)

Indeed... and in fact doing that is more obscure than it was, given this
new xinetd config.

Andy

> Clay