Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:26:30 +0000 From: Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> To: questions@freebsd.org, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't start rshd Message-ID: <200402111726.30697.dgw@liwest.at> In-Reply-To: <44llnbohrg.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200402081631.18754.dgw@liwest.at> <200402091805.00307.dgw@liwest.at> <44llnbohrg.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Tuesday 10 February 2004 01:17, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> writes: > > On Monday 09 February 2004 14:43, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> writes: > > > > I'm having problems starting rshd. I tried it on two different > > > > computers (yes, I know about the security risks, but the port is > > > > firewalled off). I can't use alternatives because some software I'm > > > > using depends on it. > > > > > > > > The error is: It terminates with status 1 and sets errno to 38 > > > > (ENOTSOCK) = Socket operation on non-socket. It fails on the > > > > following function call: getpeername(0, (struct sockaddr *)&from, > > > > &fromlen) > > > > > > > > I'm no expert, but it looks like this can't work. Is this a bug, or > > > > is my installation faulty? BTW, I'm starting rshd with no arguments. > > > > > > You're not starting it with a socket, like it expects. > > > Normally, rshd(8) is started from inetd.conf(5). > > > > But I tried starting it from inetd. When I did a `ps ax` after reboot, it > > wasn't there. > > You mean inetd wasn't there? > You wouldn't expect rshd to be there; > that's the whole point of inetd... Ah yes, I should have known it, I already have 14 server ports open :-) But it didn't work until I also enabled rlogind. It doesn't say that it needs rlogind, and if I hadn't looked with a packet sniffer I would have never known. The manpage doesn't say that rshd needs to be started from inetd either. That's rather poor documentation. Perhaps I should file a PR. Daniela
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