K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo) (06/13/89)
Included in our PCNFS network, is a SUN 386i which gets queried to supply different bits of information when someone logs onto the network, e.g. the network message of the day. We have several daemons set up on different ports that are controlled by a second inetd rather than the system one. The problem is that there seems to be no consistency as to where each daemon must reside so that inetd can find it and fork it off when requested. We keep these daemons in a seperate area, rather than /usr/etc, where the system daemons are kept. This posed no problem for netmotd, which fires off just fine. We noticed, however, that udp_timed would not work from the same directory and we ended up putting a link to it in /usr/etc and telling inetd to look there. This worked fine, so when netinfod wouldn't go, we tried the same thing. This time it didn't work, even when we put the actual daemon in /usr/etc instead of just a link. We have tried telneting to the port in question, but always get "Connection refused". In summary, what we have is different configurations for different daemons, and one which we can't set up in a way that will work. Please note that this scheme has been running on a Pyramid as well as an Ultrix machine. Neither one has had any problems, nor do they care where the daemons are kept. Has anyone had experience with this sort of thing? Thanks in advance for any tips. A piece of inetd.conf: daytime dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/udp_timed udp_timed netchpwd dgram udp wait root /usr/local/massey/bin/netchpwdd netchpwdd netchpwd stream tcp wait root /usr/local/massey/bin/netchpwdd netchpwdd netmotd stream tcp wait root /usr/local/massey/bin/netmotdd netmotdd netmotd dgram udp wait root /usr/local/massey/bin/netmotdd netmotdd netinfo stream tcp wait root /usr/etc/netinfod netinfod netinfo dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/netinfod netinfod The corresponding piece of /etc/services netmotd 801/tcp netmotd # Network Message of Day netmotd 801/udp netmotd # Network Message of Day netchpwd 802/udp netchpwd # " Change Password netchpwd 802/tcp netchpwd # " Change Password netinfo 803/udp netinfo # " Information netinfo 803/tcp netinfo # " Information netinfo-debug 1803/udp netinfo-debug # " Information (Debug) ============================================================================== Ken Spagnolo, Systems Programmer, Comp.Ctr., Massey Univ, Palmerston Nth, N.Z. CSnet/ACSnet/Internet: K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz Phone: +64-63-69099 x8587 North America: K.Spagnolo%massey.ac.nz@relay.cs.net New Zealand = GMT+12 ==============================================================================