RE: Occasional inetd lockups...
Thanks to all who responded about this problem.
I have taken the consensus view and installed xinetd instead of inetd. Only time will tell...
Regards,
Dave Ross, Senior Technical Specialist
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Tebbens [SMTP:matthew@micrus-pop.fishkill.ibm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 1997 1:11 PM
To: Dave Ross
Cc: Debian-User (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Occasional inetd lockups...
Hows about xinetd ? Works great for me.
On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Dave Ross wrote:
> 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
>
>
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