> > > hello all, > > I've been messing around with xinetd and init and I can't > seem to get them > to play nicely together. > > I've checked the archives and have reinstalled xinetd, sysvinit, > initscripts, etc., run the appropriate config files > (overwriting existing ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > /etc/*config files) and I still can't get init to start xinetd. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Er this could have been a problem, do you mean you ran init-config and said yes overwrite the /etc/rc and /etc/inittab ? if so try reinstalling init-scripts, as the defaults created by init-config are very basic defaults.
> > /var/log/init.log is empty > > > net start init produces the following output: > > INIT: version 2.84 booting > INIT: Entering runlevel: 3 > INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel > > > > $ ps -e |grep init > 2916 3432 2916 816 ? 18 04:41:05 /sbin/init > > $ ps -e |grep xinetd > <blank> > > > i tried doing "chkconfig --level 12345 xinetd on" but it > seemed to have no > effect > > $ chkconfig --list > > sshd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off > xinetd 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > xinetd based services: > chargen: on > chargen-udp: on > daytime: on > daytime-udp: on > echo: on > echo-udp: on > ftpd: on > imap: on > rexec: on > rlogin: on > rsh: off > rsync: off > servers: on > services: on > talk: on > telnet: on > time: off > time-udp: off > > there are no init errors in the Event Viewer > Application logs. > > > if i start xinetd "/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start" it starts > up alright, but > as soon as i try to connect (for example, to imap) I get: > > setuid failed. Permission denied (errno=13) > > I understand this is because I'm starting the xinetd process > under the local > user account and it needs to be started under the SYSTEM > account in order to > setuid. > > > if it makes any difference, my /var/lock/subsys dir is empty > > > I've really done the best I can searching google and the archives for > answers as to how to resolve this problem. I've spent about 3 > hours trying > to get it to work to no avail. I know this list's attitude towards the > asking of RTFM questions, or repeating questions easily answered by > searching the archives, but I'm really stuck with this one. > Please help. > > -Jonathan Simms > > > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
