Table 1. Directives for xinetd DIRECTIVE DESCRIPTION socket_type type of network socket, stream or dgram protocol IP protocol, usually TCP or UDP wait yes or no, equivalent to inetd wait or nowait user user ID used to run process server full path to executable server_args arguments given to server, values as well instances maximum number of instances to start start max_load load average to stoip using service on (optional) log_on_success options to log on successful startup log_on_failure information to log when connection fails only_from networks or hosts to accept connections from no_access hosts or networks to deny access to disabled used in defaults {} to disable services log_type type of log and path, FILE or SYSLOG nice niceness level with which to spawn service id service name used in the logs