Make sure that you used a TAB between parameters, not spaces
otherwise Inetd will not recognize the command string and 
abort the loading.

- Chris Payne



On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:29:05 -0500, Butch Kemper wrote:

>Did you restart "inetd" so that it would read the new configuration file?
>
>Did you check the log to see if inetd was having problems starting qpopper?
>
>Butch
>
>At 02:42 AM 4/18/02, you wrote:
>>I installed the QPopper4.0.4 and followed the instructions in the manual.
>>I added the following line to /etc/inetd,conf:
>>
>>pop3    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/sbin/popper  qpopper -s
>>
>>I also checked /etc/services to ensure that pop3 had been included and
>>found the following line under the 'Network services, Internet style'
>>
>>pop3    110/tcp         # Post Office Protocol - Version 3
>>
>>According to the manual, this is correct, but when I try to telnet I
>>receive the following message:
>>
>>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>>
>>The manual states that this is because the port name pop3 is not the same
>>as the one in inetd.conf, but as the above demonstrates this is not the
>>case.
>>
>>Could you possibly help me with this?
>>
>>I am using
>>
>>QPopper4.0.4
>>Solaris 8
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Ayasha
>
>
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Chris Payne 
Network Administrator
Physical Resources Dept, 
University of Guelph
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