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How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 12:41 pm
by Shawn L
Hi,
One of our servers was rebooted yesterday, but somehow the xinetd was not start after reboot. What can I do to make it automatically start each time after server reboot? Thanks in advance.
Here is the output of chkconfig:
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xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
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xinetd based services:
chargen-dgram: off
chargen-stream: off
daytime-dgram: off
daytime-stream: off
discard-dgram: off
discard-stream: off
echo-dgram: off
echo-stream: off
nrpe: on
rsync: off
tcpmux-server: off
time-dgram: off
time-stream: off
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:21 pm
by bwallace
I think you're ok actually. Here is the output of chkconfig from a test machine here that's been running for
uptime 12:44:34 up 16 days
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xinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
xinetd based services:
chargen-dgram: off
chargen-stream: off
daytime-dgram: off
daytime-stream: off
discard-dgram: off
discard-stream: off
echo-dgram: off
echo-stream: off
nrpe: on
nsca: on
tcpmux-server: off
time-dgram: off
time-stream: off
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 7:57 am
by Shawn L
But, in fact, the xinetd was not started after reboot. Do you have any idea what could cause this problem? This morning, another server was rebooted, and xinetd was not running on that server.
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[root@server ~]# service xinetd status
xinetd dead but pid file exists
[root@server ~]# service xinetd restart
Stopping xinetd: [FAILED]
Starting xinetd: [ OK ]
[root@server~]# service xinetd status
xinetd (pid 29095) is running...
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:20 am
by hsmith
Which distro?
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:26 am
by lmiltchev
Do you find any clues in the /var/log/messages?
Run the following commands and show the output in code wraps:
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 1:02 pm
by gormank
If the pid file existed after a restart, the service died unexpectedly. Since the file existed, the service didn't restart.
The question is not how to make it start, but why didn't it shut down correctly. We could also ask why a starting service doesn't check the pid and verify that a matching process exists, but that's the next step.
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 3:02 pm
by Shawn L
The dsitro is RHEL 6.6.
In the message file, I saw lots of kernel IO errors. Could that be the problem?
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 3:20 pm
by rkennedy
Is your VM running off a SAN or NAS? This could be an issue. Please post the output @lmiltchev mentioned -
Yes, IO errors can be fatal. Do you know why the machine was shutdown as @gormank mentioned?
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 9:52 am
by Shawn L
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[root@server~]# $PATH
-bash: /usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/opt/jdk_jboss/bin:/opt/jdk_jboss/jre/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/var/cfengine/bin:/root/bin: No such file or directory
[root@server~]# cat /etc/init.d/xinetd
#!/bin/bash
#
# xinetd This starts and stops xinetd.
#
# chkconfig: 345 56 50
# description: xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. \
# xinetd has access control mechanisms, extensive \
# logging capabilities, the ability to make services \
# available based on time, and can place \
# limits on the number of servers that can be started, \
# among other things.
#
# processname: /usr/sbin/xinetd
# config: /etc/sysconfig/network
# config: /etc/xinetd.conf
# pidfile: /var/run/xinetd.pid
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:
# Required-Start: $network
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Start:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start: 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6
# Short-Description: start and stop xinetd
# Description: xinetd is a powerful replacement for inetd. \
# xinetd has access control mechanisms, extensive \
# logging capabilities, the ability to make services \
# available based on time, and can place \
# limits on the number of servers that can be started, \
# among other things.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions
# Get config.
test -f /etc/sysconfig/network && . /etc/sysconfig/network
# More config
test -f /etc/sysconfig/xinetd && . /etc/sysconfig/xinetd
RETVAL=0
prog="xinetd"
start(){
[ -f /usr/sbin/xinetd ] || exit 5
[ -f /etc/xinetd.conf ] || exit 6
# this is suitable way considering SELinux is guarding write
# access to PID file
[ $EUID -eq 0 ] || exit 4
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
# Localization for xinetd is controlled in /etc/synconfig/xinetd
if [ -z "$XINETD_LANG" -o "$XINETD_LANG" = "none" -o "$XINETD_LANG" = "NONE" ]; then
unset LANG LC_TIME LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LC_NUMERIC LC_MONETARY LC_COLLATE
else
LANG="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_TIME="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_ALL="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_MESSAGES="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_NUMERIC="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_MONETARY="$XINETD_LANG"
LC_COLLATE="$XINETD_LANG"
export LANG LC_TIME LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LC_NUMERIC LC_MONETARY LC_COLLATE
fi
unset HOME MAIL USER USERNAME
daemon $prog -stayalive -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid "$EXTRAOPTIONS"
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/xinetd
return $RETVAL
}
stop(){
[ -f /usr/sbin/xinetd ] || exit 5
[ -f /etc/xinetd.conf ] || exit 6
# this is suitable way considering SELinux is guarding write
# access to PID file
[ $EUID -eq 0 ] || exit 4
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
killproc -p /var/run/xinetd.pid $prog
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/xinetd
return $RETVAL
}
reload(){
[ -f /usr/sbin/xinetd ] || exit 5
[ -f /etc/xinetd.conf ] || exit 6
echo -n $"Reloading configuration: "
killproc $prog -HUP
RETVAL=$?
echo
return $RETVAL
}
restart(){
stop
start
}
condrestart(){
if [ -e /var/lock/subsys/xinetd ] ; then
restart
RETVAL=$?
return $RETVAL
fi
RETVAL=0
return $RETVAL
}
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
RETVAL=$?
;;
stop)
stop
RETVAL=$?
;;
status)
status $prog
RETVAL=$?
;;
restart)
restart
RETVAL=$?
;;
reload|force-reload)
reload
RETVAL=$?
;;
condrestart|try-restart)
condrestart
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|reload}"
RETVAL=2
esac
exit $RETVAL
Re: How to start xinetd after server reboot
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:24 am
by Shawn L
I am not managing that server, I am not pretty sure why they rebooted it.