cp /etc/xinetd.conf /etc/xinetd.conf.bak : Save the current xinetd.conf file, if it exists. sed -e 's/etc/sbin/g' xinetd/sample.config > /etc/xinetd.conf : insure the path to all daemons is /usr/sbin, rather than the default path of /usr/etc. ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S23xinetd : Create the xinetd runlevel symlinks to the xinetd boot script, used to start and stop xinetd automatically on machine startup and shutdown. The format of the /etc/xinetd.conf is documented in the xinetd.conf man page. Further information can be found at .