Thanks Peter. I guess it's the ident service. So I try nowait.120 and see what happens.
Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Projekt-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen Go SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Fax: (+49) 2405/4670-10 >-----Original Message----- >From: Peter Tobias [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 1997 11:52 PM >To: Michael Meskes >Cc: Die Adresse des Empfängers ist unbekannt. >Subject: Re: inetd question > >On Jun 12, Michael Meskes wrote: >> I get quite a lot of these messages: >> >> inetd[153]: ident/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated >> >> How can I tell which service is the one that's asked for too often? > >Have you tried the -l (and maybe the -d) option of the identd? >BTW: Never ever use the tcp_wrapper for the identd (you'll get a nice >tcpd->identd->tcpd->... loop). > >You could also check (and count) the "connect" messages from the >tcp_wrapper in /var/log/daemon.log. > >Another possibility would be to start inetd with the -d option. > >> I tried tcplogd but all tcp requests logged are to auth and www-proxy both >> of which are not in /etc/inetd.conf. I don't know how auth is handled, is >>it >> an internal service? www-proxy was added by myself and points to a squid >> daemon so inetd shouldn't get a hand on it, or does it? > >If squid receives a request from a local user and squid wants to check >the identity it will call the local ident/auth service (which will be >called by inetd). > > >Thanks, > >Peter > >-- >Peter Tobias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >PGP ID EFAA400D, fingerprint = 06 89 EB 2E 01 7C B4 02 04 62 89 6C 2F DD F1 >3C > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
