After spending about four hours trying to get xinetd going (specifically telnet), I've run out of ideas. Currently I can run telnet flawlessly with inetd using a domain account. I'm not entirely sure what account inetd is using to run because I used the --install-as-service option which worked flawlessly. The passwd entry was created with mkpasswd -d -u userid and again - works flawlessly for inetd.
When I run xinetd as /usr/sbin/xinetd -d, it tells me it cannot locate the SYSTEM account. It also complains that it cannot locate any LOCAL account that I specify. However, it will give me a login prompt if I specify the domain ID that I am currently logged into the system with - in the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet configuration file. However it won't authenticate the very same ID when I attempt to connect to the localhost via telnet. Tells me the password is invalid. Kill xinetd, and start inetd again, and telnet again works flawlessly. Anybody got a clue what I'm missing here? Brian Kelly "WellChoice, Inc." made the following annotations on 08/01/2003 08:12:43 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attention! This electronic message contains information that may be legally confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Release/Disclosure Statement -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
