compiling xinetd on Solaris 8

You’ll want to download xinetd from here: https://github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd

Just my notes from an old version:

./configure
make
make install perl /usr/local/sbin/xconv.pl < /etc/inetd.conf > /tmp/xinetd.conf then modify your /etc/rc2.d/S72inetsvc
/usr/sbin/inetd -s &
to
/usr/local/sbin/xinetd& mv /tmp/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf
then make appropriate changes in /etc/xinetd.conf service ftp
{
socket_type = stream
wait = no
protocol = tcp
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/in.proftpd
bind = 192.168.0.3
}
service telnet
{
flags = NAMEINARGS
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
server_args = in.telnetd
}