Theo Van Dinter writes: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 03:07:16PM +0100, Justin Mason wrote: > > But rsyncd is still down. paging Theo! ;) > > It's in rc3.d, you can just run the S99rsync* script (I forget if it's > "rsync" or "rsyncd"). I already logged in and did that today, btw.
cool. > > <quasi> someone had been mucking about with rsync and managed to fubar the > > inetd manifests in the process > > Yes, this came from the last time we had problems most likely. > Specifically, rsync used to be a daemon, then it got shoved into inetd > and fubared the daemon. So the last time the box went down I had to go > in with a machete and hack the stupid thing to work. > > > I guess it's back to the drawing board on the rsync-from-inetd thing... > > Is there a reason you/someone is trying to get rsync running from inetd? It's > perfectly happy as a daemon. The last time I had to go through this thing, it > was running from inetd but not actually functioning which led to my swearing > at Solaris 10 and then hacking the thing to work. Here's the thing -- that makes 3 of us that *don't* want it running from inetd ;) OK, let's leave it the way it is now, then -- not running from inetd, instead running from rc3.d (possibly by band if necessary). But who *was* trying to get it running from inetd? (was it me when we first set up the box? possibly I suppose.) --j.
