xinetd-2.3.14-alt3 I noticed that xinetd is run with the option "-reuse": # ps aux | fgrep inet root 32557 0.0 0.0 1824 808 ? Ss 18:16 0:00 /usr/sbin/xinetd -reuse -remlock root 32566 0.0 0.0 1732 456 pts/3 S+ 18:16 0:00 fgrep inet # but it is not documented: $ man xinetd | fgrep reuse $