How To Install xinetd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xinetd on CentOS 8.
What is xinetd
Xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd, the Internet services daemon. Xinetd provides access control for all services based on the address of the remote host and/or on time of access and can prevent denial-of-access attacks. Xinetd provides extensive logging, has no limit on the number of server arguments, and lets you bind specific services to specific IP addresses on your host machine. Each service has its own specific configuration file for Xinetd; the files are located in the /etc/xinetd.d directory.
We can use yum or dnf to install xinetd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xinetd.
Install xinetd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install xinetd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xinetd
Install xinetd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install xinetd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xinetd
How To Uninstall xinetd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xinetd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xinetd
xinetd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/xinetd.conf
/etc/xinetd.d/chargen-dgram
/etc/xinetd.d/chargen-stream
/etc/xinetd.d/daytime-dgram
/etc/xinetd.d/daytime-stream
/etc/xinetd.d/discard-dgram
/etc/xinetd.d/discard-stream
/etc/xinetd.d/echo-dgram
/etc/xinetd.d/echo-stream
/etc/xinetd.d/tcpmux-server
/etc/xinetd.d/time-dgram
/etc/xinetd.d/time-stream
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/e734b39e5c6726e8a80569da05fca2f67a791e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xinetd.service
/usr/sbin/xinetd
/usr/share/doc/xinetd
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/README
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/empty.conf
/usr/share/doc/xinetd/sample.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/xinetd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/xinetd.log.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/xinetd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xinetd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.