Aha, sure enough, only rc0.d and rc6.d have a file K20inetd I assume I can fix this by typing update-rc.d inetd defaults Someone please let me know if it would be a mistake to do so. Also, I noticed that there were several other files missing besides inetd, such as: cron, kerneld, ppp, hwclock.sh, etc-setserial, hotplug, urandom, networking, umountfs, and halt. Should I also try to type 'update-rc.d NAME defaults' for them?
Thanks, Ric On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:32:29AM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 at 15:44 GMT, Ric Otte penned: > > I recently lost my hard drive, and after restoring, fetchmail does not > > work. I get the smtp failed for localhost message, and discovered > > that exim is not running (I can't telnet to localhost 25). Things > > work fine if I start exim manually (/usr/sbin/exim -bd), or if I do > > "/etc/init.d/inetd restart" or if I do "/usr/sbin/inetd". So it looks > > to me as if inetd is not being run at startup. The relevant line in > > my /etc/inetd.conf is: smtp stream tcp nowait mail > > /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs Does anyone have any idea why inetd would not > > be run at startup? Thanks very much, > > > > Ric > > > > > > Looks like your links to /etc/init.d/inetd from rc?.d are borked. Do > you have any files that look like > S20inetd > in any of your /etc/rc?.d directories? (The number may be different) > > > -- > monique > Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please > don't email me directly. I will most likely see your post before I read > your mail, anyway. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]