# Serving via xinetd
Some operating systems have replaced the old Unix `inetd` daemon with
`xinetd`, which has a similar mission but with a very different
configuration file format.
The typical configuration file is either `/etc/xinetd.conf` or a subfile
in the `/etc/xinetd.d` directory. You need a configuration something
like this for Fossil:
service http
{
port = 80
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/bin/fossil
server_args = http /home/fossil/repos/
}
This example configures Fossil to serve multiple repositories under the
`/home/fossil/repos/` directory.
Beyond this, see the general commentary in our article on [the `inetd`
method](./inetd.md) as they also apply to service via `xinetd`.
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