biff and comsat don't work
I'm having a tough time getting biff to work properly. I have the
following line in my /etc/services:
biff 512/udp comsat
and the following section in my /etc/xinetd.conf:
service comsat
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.comsat
}
But I still cannot get biff to work even with "biff y"! I tried
playing around with the MAIL and mail variables, but that didn't help
either. All I want biff to do is to display the first 3 or so lines
of a new message as soon as it arrives. Is there something else I
need to do? The only error in the logfile that I can find is:
Nov 2 12:35:43 chinook xinetd[27596]: bind failed (Address already in use). service = netbios-ns
But netbios-ns is on a different port than comsat, so I don't see how
this should make a difference.
Thanks for any help,
Max
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