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Date:      Wed, 5 Jul 2000 07:15:26 -0500
From:      dbjames@bga.com
To:        cjclark@alum.mit.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: inetd not running
Message-ID:  <3962E08E.19612.13ED01@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20000704232801.D325@dialin-client.earthlink.net>
References:  <39627B55.21040.31EEFA6@localhost>; from dbjames@bga.com on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:03:33AM -0500

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On 4 Jul 2000, at 23:28, Crist J. Clark wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:03:33AM -0500, dbjames@bga.com wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > 	I am running FreeBSD 4.0.  I noticed that  inetd is not 
> > running?   
> > 
> > 	In my /etc/defaults/rc.conf file,  inetd_enable="YES" and 
> > inetd_flags="wW" 
> > 
> > 	Any suggestions as to why inetd is not running? 
> 
> I assume that is a typo,
> 
>   inetd_flags="-wW"               # Optional flags to inetd
Hi Crist,

	Yes, I get an error message when the computer boots:
"starting standard daemons: inetd cronJul  5 07:04:14 don 
inetd[149]: /etc/inetd.conf: syntax error"

	Yes, that was a typo, it should have been
inetd_flags="-wW"

	This one
inetd_enable="YES"
is not a typo.

TIA,
Don James


> 
> Is what is in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
> 
> Do you have 'inetd_enable="NO"' in /etc/rc.conf. Is inetd(8) leaving
> any messages in /var/log/messages? Did you see inetd mentioned at
> boot? Any error messages pop up with it?
> -- 
> Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu




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