>> bash-2.03# lsof -i | grep am
>> inetd 19686 root 11u IPv4 0xe1dfac2c 0t0 UDP *:amanda (Idle)
>
> See, it's not (LISTEN), which means inetd has disabled the service
> because of a previous failure. kill -HUP it and see if the state
> changes.
I hate to disagree with you, but in my experience Solaris always reports UDP ports as
idle.
For instance, another machine of mine comes up with the following lsof output:
syslogd 177 root 4u inet 0x609b5240 0t0 UDP *:syslog (Idle)
Yet I know for a fact that syslogd is working 100% OK on this box!
- John
