IP6M uses Xinetd for some services needed by DOCSIS specification. The installer enables the following services:
- UDP Time Server
- Atftpd daemon
After installing xinetd package:
apt install xinetd
time server can be enabled in the
/etc/xinetd.d/time
file at the UDP section:
# This is the udp version.
service time
{
disable = no
type = INTERNAL
id = time-dgram
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
user = root
wait = yes
}
setting the "disable" variable to "no" and restarting the xinetd service:
$ sudo service xinetd restart
Service can be tested with the "rdate" command:
$ sudo apt install rdate $ sudo rdate -u localhost Tue Oct 8 20:42:34 CEST 2019
Rdate has to return current server time.