severity 849776 important thanks Raising severity as the init script seems broken without the pid file.
1. start creates serveral running processes: # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start [ ok ] Starting internet superserver: inetd. # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start [ ok ] Starting internet superserver: inetd. # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start [ ok ] Starting internet superserver: inetd. # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start [ ok ] Starting internet superserver: inetd. # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd start [ ok ] Starting internet superserver: inetd. # pgrep -f inetd -l 3084 inetd 3110 inetd 3136 inetd 3162 inetd 3188 inetd 2. status does not see the running processes: # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd status [FAIL] inetd is not running ... failed! 3. stop does not stop any of the processes: # /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd stop [ ok ] Stopping internet superserver: inetd. # pgrep -f inetd -l 3084 inetd 3110 inetd 3136 inetd 3162 inetd 3188 inetd -- Valentin