Occasional inetd lockups...

[Dave Ross <d.ross@policymaster.co.uk>]

Hi,

I've been having a recurrent problem with inetd freezing. I am at my wits ends with this problem. Here is the setup:-

Basic 1.1 installation, but with networking components upgraded to:-

netbase-2.09-1
netstd-2.06-1

(i.e. parts from Debian 1.2).

The upgrade has made no difference to the problem. The hardware is fine, and even when inetd is stuffed, I can ping, telnet and FTP out of the machine. The Web Server (Cern) still works (probably because it isn't going through inetd).

If I do a "/etc/init.d/netbase stop", a "/etc/init.d/netstd_init stop" and "/etc/init.d/netstd_misc stop", followed by the appropriate "start", then everything springs back into life.

The machine is used as an internet gateway to 80-odd Windows PCs, so it is mostly used for Mail and Web browsing. Mail is picked up using qpopper. 

Any ideas on what I should try next?

Regards,

Dave Ross, Senior Technical Specialist