Package: xinetd version: 2.1.8.8.p3-2 severity: important In short, I can't use any service localy or from a remote machine with the following conf. It works with netkit-inetd-0.10-8, tcpdmatch and tcpdchk seems happy with it.
$ grep -v "^#" /etc/xinetd.conf service ftp { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd } $ grep -v "^#" /etc/hosts.allow in.ftpd : 127.0.0.1 10.1.0.8 $ grep -v "^#" /etc/hosts.deny ALL : ALL $ grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.ftpd I got "Aug 13 18:51:38 arrakis xinetd[1695]: refused connect from 127.0.0.1" in /var/log/syslog each time I try to connect. I had the pb first with tftp. The box is a testing/woody box upgraded today. - libc6-2.2.3-9 - libwrap0-7.6-8.2 - netbase-4.06 Fab