1XINETD.LOG(5) File Formats Manual XINETD.LOG(5)
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6 xinetd.log - xinetd service log format
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9 A service configuration may specify various degrees of logging when
10 attempts are made to access the service. When logging for a service is
11 enabled, xinetd will generate one-line log entries which have the fol‐
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14 entry: service-id data
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16 The data depends on the entry. Possible entry types include:
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18 START generated when a server is started
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20 EXIT generated when a server exits
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22 FAIL generated when it is not possible to start a server
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24 USERID generated if the USERID log option is used.
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26 NOID generated if the USERID log option is used, and the
27 IDONLY service flag is used, and the remote end does
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30 In the following, the information enclosed in brackets appears if the
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33 A START entry has the format:
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35 START: service-id [pid=%d] [from=%d.%d.%d.%d]
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39 EXIT: service-id [type=%d] [pid=%d] [duration=%d(sec)]
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41 type can be either status or signal. The number is either the exit
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44 A FAIL entry has the format:
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46 FAIL: service-id reason [from=%d.%d.%d.%d]
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50 fork a certain number of consecutive fork attempts
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53 time the time check failed
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67 The data logged depends on the service.
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69 login remote_user=%s local_user=%s tty=%s
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71 exec remote_user=%s verify=status command=%s
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84 A USERID entry has the format:
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86 USERID: service-id text
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88 The text is the response of the identification daemon at the remote end
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