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Description of problem:
Xinetd in RH8.0 incorrectly requires a server= line in the configuration file(s)
when using redirect=.

This is in contravention of the man xinetd.conf on redirect, and previous xinetd
in RH7.3

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Add the following to /etc/xinetd.d/proxy:

# default: on
# description: The forwarder for squid connections.
service squid
{
        disable                 = no
        socket_type             = stream
        wait                    = no
        user                    = nobody
        nice                    = 10
        redirect                = 10.11.12.13 3128
}

2.Restart xinetd
3.See the port 3128 isn't open for xinetd, and running /usr/sbin/xinetd -d does
not list the service proxy as active

Actual Results:  xinetd ignored the new service file

Expected Results:  xinetd should have forwarded local connections to port 3128
to 10.11.12.13 port 3128

Additional info:

A workaround is to add a dummy server line to the file.  Eg:

server = /sbin/nologin