defaults { log_type = FILE /var/log/xinetd.log log_on_success = PID HOST DURATION EXIT log_on_failure = HOST } # I'm wary of omitting this. # My thoughts are perhaps there are other defaults that are worse. includedir /etc/xinetd.d service gopher { id = gopher disable = no type = unlisted port = 70 socket_type = stream protocol = tcp user = gopher instances = 10 wait = no server = /var/gophershell } .