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  • Converting sysV inetd service to systemd

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    Complete newbie here. On a Debian Wheezy system, I have configured a service which accepts UDP connections on port 7500 and passes info to terminal:

    /etc/services

    scan        7500/udp
    

    /etc/inetd.conf

    scan dgram udp wait ops /usr/sbin/tcpd /wvsr/bin/scand
    

    I am trying to convert to RHEL 7.4 systemd init. I have made a "scan.socket" file:

    [Unit]
    Description=Scan Socket
    PartOf=scan@.service
    
    [Socket]
    ListenDatagram=137.228.209.75:7500
    Accept=true
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=sockets.target
    

    and a scan@service file:

    [Unit]
    Description=Scan Server
    After=scan.socket
    Requires=scan.socket
    
    [Service]
    Type=simple
    ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/tcpd /wvsr/bin/scand
    StandardInput=socket
    

    Both files reside in /etc/systemd/system. I run:
    systemctl daemon-reload
    systemctl enable scan.socket
    systemctl start scan.socket

    I get errors:
    [root@olr1: /etc/systemd/system]# systemctl status -l scan.socket
    * scan.socket - Scan Socket
    Loaded: error (Reason: Invalid argument)
    Active: inactive (dead)
    Listen: 137.228.209.75:7500 (Datagram)
    Accepted: 0; Connected: 0

    Apr 06 19:23:08 olr1.dtf21 systemd[1]: scan.socket configured for accepting sockets, but sockets are non-accepting. Refusing.

    I must be missing something fundamental here. Any thoughts?

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