From: "Kevin M. Myer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In my logs, I see:
>
> May 28 16:00:00 newt inetd[105]: [ID 858011 daemon.warning]
> /usr/local/libexec/amandad: Hangup
> May 28 16:00:02 newt last message repeated 38 times
> May 28 16:00:02 newt inetd[105]: [ID 667328 daemon.error] amanda/udp
> server failing (looping), service terminated
>
> This occurs each time inetd attempts to launch amandad.
>
> As soon as I disable kernel auditing and reboot, amandad launches fine
> from inetd. I don't feel like downgrading this box to Solaris 8MU2 since
> the upgrade took four hours (!!!!) just to see if it works with that
> version and with auditing.
>
It's an inetd problem, apparently when you enable kernel auditing, the
maximum number of server instances per 60 second interval is lowered for
inetd. You need to increase this value until inetd stops reporting a
looping condition.
See your inetd man page for how to set this value.
Scot
