Problem with inetd - stops forking in.telnetds

[Peter McMahon]

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.

The local pyramid people tell us it's never been seen before.
Any suggestions?  Anyone else bitten by this?

Peter McMahon					Email: pmcmahon at oracle.com
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