linux/etc/inetd.conf File Description

The first thing to do with a Linux system in any network environment is to find out what services the server is offering.
Those services that are not needed should be banned, preferably unloaded, so that hackers are less able to attack the system.

Check out the "/etc/inetd.conf" file to find out what services inetd offers.
Use the Annotated method (add a # at the beginning of a line), prohibit any unwanted service, and send a sighup signal to the inetd process.

First step: Change the permissions of the file to 600.

# chmod 600/etc/inetd.conf

Step two: Be sure that the file owner is root.

# stat/etc/inetd.conf