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Charles Shirley wrote:
> On Friday 04 July 2003 08:55, phriedrich wrote:

> What was the problem with the fam config for xinetd?  I have been having
> problems with my system logs getting filled up with stuff like this:
>
> Jul  3 22:31:55 visitoth xinetd[26685]: libwrap refused connection to
sgi_fam
> from <no address>
> Jul  3 22:31:55 visitoth xinetd[26686]: warning: can't get client
address:
> Transport endpoint is not connected
> Jul  3 22:31:55 visitoth xinetd[26686]: libwrap refused connection to
sgi_fam
> from <no address>
> Jul  3 22:31:55 visitoth xinetd[26687]: warning: can't get client
address:
> Transport endpoint is not connected
> Jul  3 22:31:55 visitoth xinetd[26687]: libwrap refused connection to
sgi_fam
> from <no address>
> Jul  3 22:31:55 visitoth xinetd[1808]: Deactivating service sgi_fam
due to
> excessive incoming connections.  Restarting in 30 seconds.
> Jul  3 22:32:26 visitoth xinetd[1808]: Activating service sgi_fam
>
> With hundreds of the "refused connection" messages before each shutdown/
> restart of the fam service by xinetd.  I have not been able to reproduce
> the problem on demand as I'm not sure what is triggering the whole mess.
> This has been bothering me for some time now, but when I bring it up on
> the list, no one seems interested... :^(

Looks like your local hostname resolution does not work. Quick test:

$ getent hosts `hostname`

If you don't get back 127.0.0.1 (or other address allowed by xinetd),
then it may be a problem ...

Regards,
Buchan

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