Linux-Hams archive - December 1997: Re: Stability question inetd

Re: Stability question inetd

Paul Lewis (iroqv.ivugm@mx.dy.fi)
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 13:35:02 +0000

In message <GlzQqDA$rjrgiw.lpud@ella.no>, Paul Lewis
<edyw.gebhn@avc-online.de> writes
>In message <rrt@nettest.com>, Gareth Rowlands
><ecukvm.vtzqwstx@bby.com.au> writes
>>In message <terhi.victor@logonet.com> David Brooke recently said:
>>
>>> The only reliability issue I've got is that inetd exits from time to time
>>> which can be a real problem as you can't even telnet in to fix it. I've
>>> never managed to cure it properly but have a cron job which restarts it
>>> if it's disappeared.
>>
>>You are not alone ! I've got a box that does this too .... I put
>>inetd into debug mode, and 'broken pipe' seems to be the reason.
>>
>>Only seen this on linux-2.0.30 and 2.0.31
>>
>>73, Gareth.
>>
>Hi All
>I have last weekend (23 Nov) upgraded (full installation from source and
>recompiled) my system from
>kernel 2.0.30 where I had not had any problems with inetd since 1994
>when I use to run 1.1.73, 2.0.27. 2.0.29, 2.0.30
>
>Now that I am running
>
>30 November 1997
>gb7cip software level
>kernel 2.0.32 (recompiled)
>ax25-modules.14e (recompiled)
>ax25-utils-2.1.42a (recompiled)
>net-tool-1.32.alpha (not recompiled since 2.0.32 installed)
>xfbbd-700f01
>
>
>inetd keeps disappearing (Twice so far in the last 24 hours)
>The pid file still exists in /var/run/inetd.pid
>though the process is not running.
>
>Wonder if the problem is due to me not using net-tools 1.33
>(just read the latest ax25-HOWTO)
>
>de Paul g4apl (gb7cip.ampr.org)
>
>
Hi Gareth & other readers of this group
Now that I have installed net-tools-1.33 (and read the AX25-HOW a few
times) to get it to compile :-)

System has been running for over 5 days now with no 'inetd'
disappearing.
Hope I have not spoken too soon.
de Paul g4apl

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