One of the reasons I asked was that I HAVE already done
chmod 0 xinetd.conf and restarted.\I wanted to know whether this was a feature of
xinetd or a Mandrake security cludge
Now I dont think thats too much to ask IS IT ?
Or have I got to strip mandrake off the machine to load Redhat 7 which also usese
xinetd to see if the same thing happens ?
I thought this was the reason for this group to help others , but perhaps i was
mistaken
regards
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on behalf of "Todd Lyons"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 26 April 2001 03:49
To: "Mandrake Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [expert] xinetd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> last week I posted a request for info...no answers
Probably because all you had to do was:
chmod 000 /etc/xinetd.conf
/etc/init.d/xinetd start
and see what happens.
> does xinetd read its config file even with the attibutes set to nothing , ie no
>execute read , or write for either root,
> group, or user... this it seems to
And the answer is: yes, it works just like normal. You will want to
verify that it still works properly during a reboot. I think it will
since during the reboot it will have superuser priveleges, but you
really ought to test it to make sure.
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tlyons at mandrakesoft dot com
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