From: Lars Hecking <lhecking at users.sourceforge.net> > One thing I have noticed on CentOS6 is that rsync via xinetd never > works after a reboot. It always takes an additional, post-reboot > service xinetd restart to get it going. That has been the same for > all revisions up to and including 6.5, and I've seen it on more than > just machine. > > While I don't see such a message on other problem machines, the latest > reboot gave me a clue: > > Dec 9 23:28:36 host xinetd[21131]: bind failed (Address already in use (errno = > 98)). service = rsync > Dec 9 23:28:36 host xinetd[21131]: Service rsync failed to start and is > deactivated. > > Is there any way to debug this? I suspect it needs to be debugged > during reboot since the service starts up fine later. "Address already in use" => check what is listening on port 873? In the rsync xinetd conf it says IPv6 here... JD