On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Kevin Tyle wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've seen a "similar but different" thing happen on some of our
> 6.1 systems when a script launches many rsh/rcp commands in a short
> time to the same server.  This is what happens, as seen in the logs:
>
[snip]
> Jan 28 08:35:17 mach1 inetd[464]: shell/tcp server failing
> (looping), service terminated
>
> The service comes back after 5 minutes or so.
>
> Any way to keep this from failing besides not hitting the server with rsh's so
> quickly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin Tyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> MESO, Inc.
> Troy, NY
>
man inetd.

The optional ``max'' suffix (separated from ``wait'' or ``nowait'' by a
dot) specifies the maximum number of server instances that may be
spawned from inetd within an interval of 60 seconds. When omitted,
``max'' defaults to 40.

Mikkel
-- 

    Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
 for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.



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