Hi All, I have a problem with stunnel in xinetd mode. It cannot connect to specified localhost:port - always getting child stunnel defunct as a result.. 4789 ? Ss 0:00 _ stunnel /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf 4790 ? Z 0:00 _ [stunnel] <defunct>

I'm trying use rsync via stunnel (!ssh for rsync does not suits me in this particular case, but I need encrypt backup traffic anyway.. so have chosen stunnel)

client config: cert = /etc/stunnel/stunnel_client_cert.pem client = yes pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid debug = 7 output = /var/log/stunnel.log sslVersion = SSLv2 [ssync] accept = 873 connect = myhost.somewhere.net:273

server config: cert = /etc/stunnel/certs/host.pem key = /etc/stunnel/certs/private/cakey.pem client = no pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid debug = 7 #foreground = yes output = /var/log/stunel.log connect = 873

xinetd config: # default: off # description: SSL wrapper for rsyncd service ssync { disable = no socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/stunnel server_args = /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf log_on_success += HOST DURATION log_on_failure += HOST only_from = 192.168.5.15 127.0.0.1 }

on server side /etc/services: ssync 273/tcp # rsync over stunnel

# ps axf | grep rsyn 15637 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/rsync -4 --daemon --no-detach

# netstat -an --program | grep 273 tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:273 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 4751/xinetd

# netstat -an --program | grep 873 tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:873 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 15637/rsync

In case of server stunnel running as standalone - everything works perfectly well, but I need it working as xinetd service rather than standalone

Could somebody kindly advise what I'm doing wrong?

soft on server side: stunnel-4.15-2.el5.1, openssl-0.9.8e-7.el5 OS CentOS release 5.3 (Final), kernel 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5

on client side: stunnel-4.30-1.i386.rpm (compiled as rpmbuild -ta stunnel-4.30.tar.gz) openssl-0.9.8g-9.14.fc9.i686 OS Fedora release 9 (Sulphur) kernel 2.6.28

Many thanks in advance Taphy