cell=Aside cell=To see what Apple provides, you can look at their StartupItem: Get the source for the xinetd package from [http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.3.9/ opensource.apple.com] -- switch to the appropriate OSX Version, if you don't have 10.3.9. Look at the files in `xinetd-26.4/StartupItem`. ---- Now all I need to do is *run xinetd automatically upon startup*. See [http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Articles/StartupItems.html Creating a Startup Item] for some info. Note that if you use OSX 10.4 (Tiger), you should use `launchd` instead. Don't we love a changing infrastructure with every major release? :) First, create the *directory* for the StartupItem: `sudo mkdir /Library/StartupItems/xinetd` Then create two files in this directory. The first file is a script called *xinetd* (the same name as the directory): Make sure the permissions and ownerships are correct: The second file is properties file called *StartupParameters.plist*. It should have the following content: Make sure the permissions and ownerships are correct: Now xinitd should start automatically when you restart the system. You can also use SystemStarter to do this manually: `sudo SystemStarter start xinetd` Somehow this did not work for me. But when I rebooted, xinitd was running.
#!/bin/sh
. /etc/rc.common
StartService ()
{
ConsoleMessage "Starting TCP/IP services"
xinetd -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
}
StopService ()
{
ConsoleMessage "Stopping TCP/IP services"
kill `cat /var/run/xinetd.pid`
}
RestartService ()
{
ConsoleMessage "Reconfigurating TCP/IP services"
kill -s SIGHUP `cat /var/run/xinetd.pid`
}
RunService "$1"
```
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/xinetd/xinetd
sudo chmod 755 /Library/StartupItems/xinetd/xinetd
```
{
Description = "TCP/IP Internet services";
Provides = ("Super Server");
Requires = ("Resolver");
Uses = ("Network Time");
OrderPreference = "None";
Messages =
{
start = "Starting TCP/IP services";
stop = "Stopping TCP/IP services";
};
}
```
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/StartupItems/xinetd/StartupParameters.plist
sudo chmod 644 /Library/StartupItems/xinetd/StartupParameters.plist
```