My Linux book has many references to xinetd but I can't find it?

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Can't see it anywhere, is it called something different?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '13 at 13:53

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It's just not installed by default. Install it by running:

sudo apt-get install xinetd

answered Jul 27 '13 at 13:53

Eric Carvalho

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Does this mean that there are no more services that are launched via inetd/xinetd? – Edward Falk Mar 21 '16 at 23:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '13 at 20:32

Xinetd is a fairly fancy service dispatcher. It's available as a package. Most Ubuntu installations only need the features of the more basic inetd program (if at all), so that's what you get by default. If you need xinetd's advanced features, install it explicitly.

My Linux book has many references to xinetd but I can't find it?

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