How to check nrpe service status/start/stop under xinetd?

srikgali · Post by **srikgali** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:30 am

can i know how to check nrpe agent start/stop/status, which is running under xinetd?

avandemore · Post by **avandemore** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:22 pm

Easiest way is use "netstat -plnt | grep 5666" it may require installing netstat depending on your distro/version.

Did this resolve your issue?

Post by **lmiltchev** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:14 pm

If NRPE is running under xinetd, you can just check if xinetd is running.

service xinetd status

srikgali · Post by **srikgali** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:52 pm

Thanks for your reply, but i am not sure how to start/stop nrpe under xinetd.

Post by **lmiltchev** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:06 pm

To stop:

service xinetd stop

To start:

service xinetd start

To restart:

service xinetd restart

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