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When I try to execute

/etc/init.d/xinetd start

I get the following error:

Starting xinetd: /bin/bash: /usr/sbin/xinetd: cannot execute binary file [FAILED]

Also, if I check the status of xinetd, I get the following output:

xinetd dead but subsys locked

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Server details:

Linux xxx.xxx.xxx.edu 2.6.18-194.11.3.el5 #1 SMP Mon Aug 23 15:49:21 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

/usr/sbin/xinetd

produced:

bash: /usr/sbin/xinetd: cannot execute binary file

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stat /usr/sbin/xinetd

produced:

File: `/usr/sbin/xinetd' Size: 164144 Blocks: 336 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 392043 Links: 1 Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2011-04-08 09:27:58.000000000 -0400 Modify: 2011-04-06 17:04:35.000000000 -0400 Change: 2011-04-06 17:06:21.000000000 -0400

Brian
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  • Can we get teh output of file /usr/sbin/xinetd, stat /usr/sbin/xinetd, and uname -a ? – Cian Apr 08 '11 at 13:12

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The file may have been damaged or is for the wrong architecture; run file /usr/sbin/xinetd and rpm -V xinetd to verify, and then proceed to reinstall the package correctly.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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  • Yeah, I just realized that the file had been copied from a 64-bit machine, so that was the problem. – Brian Apr 08 '11 at 13:43