inetd

[Martin Hepworth]

Nah

Linux is a poor copy of the BSD's.....get the terms right...

Being more pedantic, FreeBSD is not a Linux distribution. It's roots got
much further back and has nothing to do with Mr Torvalds.

--
Martin Hepworth 
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: freebsd-users-admin at uk.freebsd.org [mailto:freebsd-users-
> admin at uk.freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Derrin Morton
> Sent: 20 January 2006 09:24
> To: Geraint Edwards
> Cc: freebsd-users at uk.freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: inetd
> 
> Hi Geraint
> 
> Great to find a Linux flavour that is really well documented and does
> what it says on the tin.  ;-)
> 
> Thanks - makes perfect sense.  In true UNIX ethos I have done "what I
> wanted", without necessarily knowing what I was doing.
> 
> I also want to get into website development, perfect platform to test
> on, having had an interesting experience with MS IIS.
> 
> The /etc/rc.conf does indeed have sshd_enable = yes, have removed
> /etc/inetd.conf entry.  Was not aware that you could enable sshd in
> separate places.
> 
> I should have known the pid issue - have killed many processes in my
> time (not inetd though) - Thanks again for the cardboard assistance.
> 
> 
> Geraint Edwards wrote:
> 
> >Derrin Morton <derrin at usa.net> said
> >		(on Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 08:56:17AM +0100):
> >
> >
> >>Newbie here
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Welcome to BSD. ;)
> >
> >
> >
> >>Used the instructions to install the OS and followed the sysinstall
> >>program - created the following inetd entries
> >>
> >>ftp    stream    tcp46    nowait    root    /usr/libexec/ftpd    ftpd -l
> >>login    stream    tcp46    nowait    root    /usr/libexec/rlogind
> rlogind
> >>ntalk    dgram    udp    wait    root    /usr/libexec/ntalkd    ntalkd
> >>shell    stream    tcp46    nowait    root    /usr/libexec/rshd    rshd
> >>ssh    stream    tcp46    nowait    root    /usr/sbin/sshd        sshd -
> i -6
> >>telnet    stream    tcp46    nowait    root    /usr/libexec/telnetd
> telnetd
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Did you edit these?  If so, why?  What are you trying to acheive?
> >
> >
> >
> >>But the following mesage pops up on the console every 20 minutes or so
> >>inetd config : message [476] ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use
> >>
> >>
> >
> >This suggests that sshd is running as a daemon.  If that daemon
> >has port 22 open, when inetd tries to grab the port, it will fail.
> >
> >You know you can't do both (use daemons and inetd) for the same
> >service (port), right?
> >
> >I've not used FreeBSD 6 yet, but if it's anything like previous
> >versions ;-) then a look in
> >	/etc/rc.conf
> >will tell you if sshd_enable is set positively - which means sshd
> >is running as a daemon, and should be disabled in inetd (comment
> >out the 'ssh' line for inetd and kill -HUP inetd).
> >
> >
> >
> >>where do I find message details (i.e. 476 )
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Sorry, can't answer that.  I suspect 476 is either the PID of
> >inetd or the offending line in the config file.
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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