DESCRIPTION

       A  service  configuration  may  specify various degrees of logging when
       attempts are made to access the service. When logging for a service  is
       enabled,  xinetd will generate one-line log entries which have the fol-
       lowing format (all entries have a timestamp as a prefix):

              entry: service-id data

       The data depends on the entry.  Possible entry types include:

              START       generated when a server is started

              EXIT        generated when a server exits

              FAIL        generated when it is not possible to start a server

              USERID      generated if the USERID log option is used.

              NOID        generated if the USERID log option is used, and  the
                          IDONLY service flag is used, and the remote end does
                          not identify who is trying to access the service.

       In the following, the information enclosed in brackets appears  if  the
       appropriate log option is used.

       A START entry has the format:

              START: service-id [pid=%d] [from=%d.%d.%d.%d]

       An EXIT entry has the format:

              EXIT: service-id [type=%d] [pid=%d] [duration=%d(sec)]

       type  can  be  either  status or signal.  The number is either the exit
       status or the signal that caused process termination.

       A FAIL entry has the format:

              FAIL: service-id reason [from=%d.%d.%d.%d]

       Possible reasons are:

              fork           a certain number  of  consecutive  fork  attempts
                             failed (this number is a configurable parameter)

              time           the time check failed

              address        the address check failed

              service_limit  the  allowed  number of server instances for this
                             service would be exceeded

                          ok        the password was correct

                          failed    the password was incorrect

                          baduser   no such user

              shell       remote_user=%s local_user=%s command=%s

              finger      received string or EMPTY-LINE

       A USERID entry has the format:

              USERID: service-id text

       The text is the response of the identification daemon at the remote end
       excluding the port numbers (which are included in the response).

       A NOID entry has the format:

              NOID: service-id IP-address reason

SEE ALSO

       xinetd(1L), xinetd.conf(5)



                                 28 April 1993                   XINETD.LOG(5)