Package: xinetd
Version: 1:2.3.14-1
Severity: normal
SCENE
- Nice day. Let's install some new sevice, like afbackup
.. start non-interactive installation and go to cup of coffee and come back
- Okay, let's try it
/etc/init.d/inetd start
<no output>
- We're ready to start backuping
.. start the program <nothing happens>
.. try to telnet to server port <nothing happens>
.. Hrmp! Try tcpdump on port <nothing happens>
.. try {restart|stop|start} inetd several times <nothing happens>
.. spend half a day trying various compositions/options/firewall
shutdowns.
- Until finally
less /etc/init.d/inetd
#!/bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/inetd has been diverted by the xinetd package.
# The inetd service is provided by xinetd, which means inetd
# doesn't need to be run.
#
# See /etc/init.d/xinetd, or /etc/init.d/inetd.real.
exit 0
SUGGESTION
Sometimes it's hard to see where problem is. This isn't helped by
xinetd substituting the /etc/init.d/ined with code that always
succeeds and gives no clue that something isn't right.
I'm not sure what to do, but this should definitely be improved
somehow.
1. Have /etc/init.d/inetd write comment to syslog that
xinetd is installed and nothing was done.
or
2. Have /etc/init.d/inetd reroute all requests to /etc/init.d/xinetd so
that the actions and reponses match.
or
3. Have /etc/init.d/inetd test is it was called from TTY and write
a message to stderr notifying that user should use /etc/init.d/xinetd
instead.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages xinetd depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-9 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii netbase 4.25 Basic TCP/IP networking system
Versions of packages xinetd recommends:
ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility
ii sysklogd [system-log-daemon] 1.4.1-18 System Logging Daemon
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