Packages including xinetd in 5.2?

andersbiro · Post by **andersbiro** » 2010/02/22 13:03:47

Hello, I have what is probably a trivial question but the situation is that I am about to set up a kickstart Centos 5.2 installation from a USB stick and it is mandatory that the XINETD is included as it will not be possible to install it afterwards from other sources.

The aim is to keep a rather slim installation but to my knowledge xinetd is not installed per default and it is certainly not included in the packages I use in my kickstart file.

I do know that xinetd seems to be included if you settle for a full installation instead so I wonder which specific package(s) that should be added below in order to install xinetd? Thanks!

%packages
@server-cfg
@base
@development-libs
@development-tools
@admin-tools
@web-server
@system-tools
@swedish-support
@editors

gerald_clark · Post by **gerald_clark** » 2010/02/22 17:35:37

@xinetd

chuina · Post by **chuina** » 2010/02/22 17:50:25

In my PC:
[code]$ yum info xinetd
Loaded plugins: downloadonly, fastestmirror, priorities
base | 1.3 kB 00:00
Installed Packages
Name : xinetd
Arch : i386
Epoch : 2
Version : 2.3.14
Release : 10.el5
Size : 256 k
Repo : installed
Summary : A secure replacement for inetd.
URL : http://www.xinetd.org
License : Distributable (BSD-like)
Description: 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.[/code]

So,
[code]yum install xinetd[/code]

gerald_clark · Post by **gerald_clark** » 2010/02/22 17:58:29

just add the following line in your kickstart file
xinetd

michaelnel · Post by **michaelnel** » 2010/02/22 18:28:35

And if you are going to do all this, use 5.4, not 5.2. 5.2 is missing a bunch of security and bugfixes.

chuina · Post by **chuina** » 2010/02/23 04:15:48

Forget my yum install....(?!cough,cough,it was a bed time post) :-x

+ to [b]michael[/b]
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.4/release-notes/

esp. [b]Known Issues[/b] in http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.4

andersbiro · Post by **andersbiro** » 2010/03/02 14:02:26

[quote]
gerald_clark wrote:
@xinetd[/quote]

I am afraid that did not work for me as I during the kickstart installation receives the error message:
"Missing group - You have specified that the group 'xinetd' should be installed. This group does not exist."

Perhaps this refers to that individual packages cannot be installed but rather the package group that xinetd is a part of?

gerald_clark · Post by **gerald_clark** » 2010/03/02 14:13:43

It was corrected in post #4.

andersbiro · Post by **andersbiro** » 2010/03/03 09:36:26

[quote]
gerald_clark wrote:
It was corrected in post #4.[/quote]

Yes, I missed that one but now it works. Thanks.

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