On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:01:55PM -0200, Alexandre de Abreu wrote: > > > >I may be wrong, but services under xinetd can't run *unless* xinetd is > >running. > > > > That's right. Xinetd service must be started. Well, you can certainly run any 'services under xineted' as standalone services if you wanted to, eg sshd. I think that's the OP's point, that he is bypassing xinetd, and therefore why even run it at all. -- Hal Burgiss