Thanks to all who responded about this problem. I have taken the consensus view and installed xinetd instead of inetd. Only time will tell...
Regards, Dave Ross, Senior Technical Specialist -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Tebbens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 1997 1:11 PM To: Dave Ross Cc: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: Occasional inetd lockups... Hows about xinetd ? Works great for me. On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Dave Ross wrote: > Hi, > > I've been having a recurrent problem with inetd freezing. I am at my wits > ends with this problem. Here is the setup:- > > Basic 1.1 installation, but with networking components upgraded to:- > > netbase-2.09-1 > netstd-2.06-1 > > (i.e. parts from Debian 1.2). > > The upgrade has made no difference to the problem. The hardware is fine, and > even when inetd is stuffed, I can ping, telnet and FTP out of the machine. > The Web Server (Cern) still works (probably because it isn't going through > inetd). > > If I do a "/etc/init.d/netbase stop", a "/etc/init.d/netstd_init stop" and > "/etc/init.d/netstd_misc stop", followed by the appropriate "start", then > everything springs back into life. > > The machine is used as an internet gateway to 80-odd Windows PCs, so it is > mostly used for Mail and Web browsing. Mail is picked up using qpopper. > > Any ideas on what I should try next? > > Regards, > > Dave Ross, Senior Technical Specialist > >
