sn is the only service left on my machine that has a dependency on inetd. It might be a good idea to add some systemd unit files. I am not the systemd expert, but the following snippets might be a starting point. At least they work for me. :-) ----[sn.socket]---- [Unit] Description=SN News Server [Socket] ListenStream=119 Accept=yes [Install] WantedBy=sockets.target --------[sn@.service]---- [Unit] Description=SN News Per-Connection Service [Service] Type=simple Environment="POSTING_OK=1" ExecStart=/usr/sbin/snntpd.bin /usr/bin/logger -p news.info User=news Group=news StandardInput=socket [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ---- Klaus.