# default: off
# description:  The client for the Amanda backup system.\
#               This must be on for systems being backed up\
#               by Amanda.

service amanda
{
        disable = no
        socket_type             = dgram
        protocol                = udp
        wait                    = no
        user                    = operator
        group                   = disk
        server                  = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
}


'wait' should be 'yes', not 'no'.  Otherwise:
Dec 30 17:48:45 triton inetd[23786]: amanda/udp server failing (looping),
service terminated


And never comes back.  This might also be a bug with xinetd.  It should
come back eventually.