Problem with inetd - stops forking in.telnetds

[Bernard Keany]

In article <1990Jul2.143124.27559 at oracle.com> pmcmahon at oracle.com (Peter McMahon) writes:
>Folks.  The problem is this.  An inetd on a pyramid here occasionally
>``hangs'' and won't fork any new telnetds.  The facts are as follows:
>
>	+ It always works for some hours/days after a reboot
>	+ It only stops working for telnet (although this is probably
>	  its biggest customer).  Rlogins (for example) are fine.
>	+ According to netstat -a, it continues to listen on port 23
>	+ The box is a MIServer 2/12 running OSx5.0.
>	+ It's almost brand new
>
>We have a workaround.  We can edit /etc/servers, comment out telnet and
>HUP the daemon.  It stops listening on port 23.  We can then start up another
>inetd off an alternate config file that tells it to listen for telnet 
>alone.  This (suprisingly enough) works, although the replacement daemons
>often develop the same problem in time.

just a shot in the dark ... are you over-running the TOOMANY
variable; if this problem "clears" in 10 minutes or so you've probably
started more than 40 in a specified amount of time.


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