[SOLVED]xinetd dies when accessed from !localhost

[Klavs]

Hi guys,

I have a service on xinetd (actually I've tried several - they all die) and when I access it via localhost - it works fine. If I access it, on the same host, via the public IP - it throws me off immediately like this:
# telnet x.x.x.x 25555
Trying x.x.x.x...
Connected to x.x.x.x.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

but xinetd run with -d mode says nothing, except:
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {main_loop} select returned 1
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {server_start} Starting service nm-execute
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {main_loop} active_services = 1
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {main_loop} select returned 1
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {check_pipe} Got signal 17 (Child exited)
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {child_exit} waitpid returned = 9139
05/6/29@18:41:33: DEBUG: 9137 {server_end} nm-execute server 9139 exited

when I do it via localhost it says:
05/6/29@18:42:42: DEBUG: 9137 {main_loop} select returned 1
05/6/29@18:42:42: DEBUG: 9137 {server_start} Starting service nm-execute
05/6/29@18:42:42: DEBUG: 9137 {main_loop} active_services = 1
05/6/29@18:42:42: DEBUG: 9145 {exec_server} duping 7

and then the select returned 1 etc., when I exit - so it seems as if the nm-execute service is exiting on it's own, except I tried putting a print line in the first line of the script (it's perl) - and it prints just fine, when accessed via localhost, but it never gets that far, when going to the public IP.

Anyone have any idea as to what is wrong with xinetd?

This script works perfectly on an older Red Hat box with inetd.

the service is configured this way:
# default: on
service nm-execute
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/bin/execute.pl
}

(and no it does not execute anything without valid user/pass

Any ideas what i could look at next?

I've compiled xinetd with these flags:
-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe

but perhaps something before that, has been compiled with other flags - I'm unsure.. but everything else just works.
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Best regards,

Klavs Klavsen
Denmark

Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.
Working with windows is like attacking a small whining child
who is carrying a .38.

[Klavs]

Arghh - typical:

/etc/xinetd.conf:
defaults
{
only_from = localhost
...

and when nothing's stated in the service, it adapts that

Fixed, by commenting it out.
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Best regards,

Klavs Klavsen
Denmark

Working with Unix is like wrestling a worthy opponent.
Working with windows is like attacking a small whining child
who is carrying a .38.

[bastibasti]

Thanks. Made my day