Package: xinetd
Version: 1:2.3.14-7
Severity: normal
xinetd does not recognize wait/nowait suffix for services in
/etc/inetd.conf while running with -inetd_compat option
>From manpage of inetd.conf:
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Upon execution, inetd reads its configuration information
from a configuration file which, by default, is /etc/inetd.conf
...
The fields of the configuration file are as follows:
...
wait/nowait[.max]
...
The optional "max" suffix (separated from "wait" or "nowait" by
a dot) specifies the maximum number of times a service can be
invoked in one minute; the default is 256. If a service exceeds
this limit, inetd will log the problem and stop servicing requests
for the specific service for ten minutes.
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To REPODUCE:
- include any service with nowait.max to /etc/inetd.conf, f.e.:
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time stream tcp nowait.10 root internal
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make sure that included service has no configuration in
/etc/xinetd.conf or under /etc/xinetd.d/
- run xinetd with -inetd_compat option
Time server will be started by xinetd, in /var/log/syslog you will see
the record like this:
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May 29 20:33:26 handy-drive xinetd[5697]: inetd.conf - Bad value for
wait: nowait.10 [file=/etc/inetd.conf] [line=20]
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This problem initially was found on Debian Etch, but I see bug is
actual for Debian Sid too.
EXPECTED behavior:
wait/nowait suffix is recognized and is treated as corresponding cps attribute.
So nowait.1000 in /etc/inetd.conf should have the same effect as below
attributes in /etc/xinetd.d/service_name
wait = no
cps = 17 600
(1000 per minute is approx 17 per second, 10 minutes = 600 seconds )
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xinetd depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-15 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii netbase 4.32 Basic TCP/IP networking system
ii update-inetd 4.30 inetd configuration file updater
Versions of packages xinetd recommends:
ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility
ii sysklogd [system-log-daemon] 1.5-3 System Logging Daemon
-- no debconf information
Thanks.
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