It appears that you don't understand what xinetd is/does.
http://aplawrence.com/Basics/xinetd.html

Personally, I run vsftpd, which does not use xinetd at all. In fact, I've removed xinetd from most of my servers.

-- -Eric 'shubes'

keith smith wrote:
>
> I think I understand run levels. Why then was FTP started under /etc/xinetd.d/ and to keep it from running I had the remove the startup script from /etc/xinetd.d/ ?
>
> Wouldn't that make any service launched by /etc/xinetd.d/ as standalone?
>
> So if I wanted I could start FTP by associating it with a run level. What is the difference. In other words why would it make a difference?
>
>
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Thu, 6/24/10, Bryan O'Neal /<Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
>    Subject: Re: Add/Remove/Start/Stop services on CentOS
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>    Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 8:01 PM
>
>    Run levels indicate how the service should auto start. If you want
>    it to always listen no mater how you boot the machine (into which
>    run level) the you add it to all run levels. If you want to think of
>    it like this lower run levels are like safe mode in windows.
>
>    On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:59 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    </mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>    I thought there was two way to launch a service or process. 1)
>    init.d associated with a run level or 2) s service that is
>    always listening.
>
>    If I am wrong please point that out to me.
>
>    Thanks!
>
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
>    --- On *Thu, 6/24/10, Bryan O'Neal
>    /<Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
>    Subject: Re: Add/Remove/Start/Stop services on CentOS
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
>    <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>    </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>>
>    Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 7:27 PM
>
>
>    I am afraid I don't understand?
>    Do you mean you have a service script but you want to be
>    able to use the service command?
>
>    On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 7:16 PM, keith smith
>    <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>    If I use chkconfig to register a service then that
>    service is associated with a run level. What if I do
>    not want the service to be associated with a run level,
>    but to be stand alone?
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
>    --- On *Thu, 6/24/10, Bryan O'Neal
>    /<Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Bryan O'Neal
>    <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
>    Subject: Re: Add/Remove/Start/Stop services on CentOS
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
>    <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>    <http://mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>>
>    Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 6:53 PM
>
>
>    use chkconfig to register /etc/init.d as services
>    chkconfig --list
>    chkconfig --level [run levels] [service] [on/off]
>    ie. chkconfig --level 345 httpd on
>
>
>
>    On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:45 PM, keith smith
>    <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>    More questions so I can make sure I understand
>    what I did and why. Thank you for your help!
>
>
>    All services are standalone processes, that are
>    started via start up code found in /etc/xinetd.d/
>
>
>    To add a standalone process put it's start up
>    code in /etc/xinetd.d/
>
>
>    To remove a process from running at start-up or
>    to stop it all together remove it's start-up
>    code from /etc/xinetd.d/
>
>
>    Then restart xinetd : /etc/init.d/xinetd restart
>    (if installed)
>
>
>    Other commands
>
>    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>    Stop xinetd: /etc/init.d/xinetd stop (if installed)
>
>    Start xinetd /etc/init.d/xinetd start (if installed)
>
>    Verify that xinetd is running :
>    /etc/init.d/xinetd status (if installed)
>
>    See what services are running : /sbin/service
>    --status-all
>
>
>    To check Apache, which is running as a service,
>    issue : /sbin/service httpd status
>
>
>    Services are stand alone and run no matter what
>    run level the system is on?
>
>
>    What if xinetd is not installed? Such is the
>    case on my Fedora box.
>
>    Thanks!
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
>
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