# Redhat Linux xinetd error **URL:** \ **Category:** Red Hat\ **Created:** [July 18, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/redhat-linux-xinetd-error/331937 "2013-07-18T05:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pistachio](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/pistachio/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@pistachio](https://community.unix.com/u/pistachio)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/redhat-linux-xinetd-error/331937/1 "2013-07-18T05:35:45Z")
Dear all, I am reciving the following error in the /var/log/messages of my system ```nohighlight Jul 18 11:14:27 airtest xinetd[12969]: START: echo-dgram pid=0 from=::ffff:XX.XX.XX.X Jul 18 11:14:27 airtest xinetd[12969]: START: echo-dgram pid=0 from=::ffff:XX.XX.XX.X Jul 18 11:19:17 airtest xinetd[12969]: START: echo-dgram pid=0 from=::ffff:XX.XX.XX.X Jul 18 11:19:17 airtest xinetd[12969]: START: echo-dgram pid=0 from=::ffff:XX.XX.XX.X ``` Can somebody help me understand and resolve the above error? Regards Pistachio ---
**Author:** ![rbatte1](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/rbatte1/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@rbatte1](https://community.unix.com/u/rbatte1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/redhat-linux-xinetd-error/331937/2 "2013-07-18T11:50:55Z")
I am assuming that the tail end is a source IP address. If this is the case, you could:- - Consider disabling the echo port. - Investigate why the source is polling you. - Remove xinetd entirely and force users to use SSH To disable echo, have a look in `/etc/xinetd.d/echo-dgram` There is a statement that you can set disable = yes Restart xinetd to make this effective:- ```nohighlight service xinetd restart ``` The default is disabled, so I wonder what the requirement was. Forcing SSH is always a little contentious though. If you need a telnet type client, there is of course putty, but we've gone for SecureCRT from Van Dyke Technologies and it's pretty good. You do pay for it though. I hope that this helps, Robin Liverpool/Blackburn