Trying to install a pop3 server on my mdk-8.0 at university:
1.
Quite a great fantasy to put it into imap-200
2.
Quite a good fantasy to put away inetd for a not working xinetd, so that...
3.
xinet won't start and all I get in /var/log/messages is:
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: imaps disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: imap disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: echo-udp disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: echo disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: daytime-udp disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: daytime disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: cvspserver disabled, removing
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: socket creation failed (Address family
not supported by protocol (errno = 97)). service = pop3
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: {init_services} no services. Exiting...
May 14 17:34:30 flypro xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
4.
It's fucking me!!! It says "xinetd startup succeede" but now...
5.
[root@flypro RPMS]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd stop
Stopping xinetd: [FAILED]
[root@flypro RPMS]#
[root@flypro RPMS]# tail -3 /var/log/messages
May 14 17:34:29 flypro xinetd[12065]: {init_services} no services. Exiting...
May 14 17:34:30 flypro xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
May 14 17:35:48 flypro xinetd: xinetd shutdown failed
for it did NOT start, I suppose.
Anyway, pop server won't work. :o(
Any hint?
Claudio
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Remote system is:
Linux Mandrake 8.0 :o)
