Bela wrote:
> scott_doyland@johnlewis.co.uk wrote:
> sdjcu> Hi,
> sdjcu> I was on AIX 5.3 and just applied ML3. It seems services in inetd.conf
> sdjcu> have stopped working. inetd itself is running and can be refreshed OK.
> sdjcu>
> sdjcu> However telnet, ftp etc have stopped working (they are commented in in
> sdjcu> inetd.conf).
> sdjcu>
> sdjcu> If I try to telnet to the server I get
> sdjcu>
> >>tn serverA
> sdjcu> Trying...
> sdjcu> telnet: connect: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.
> sdjcu>
> sdjcu> If I run 'netstat -a' I cant see telnet or ftp listening, eg 'netstat
> sdjcu> -a |grep telnet' returns nothing whereas on a good system it shows
> sdjcu>
> >>netstat -a|grep telnet
> sdjcu> tcp 0 0 *.telnet *.*
> sdjcu> LISTEN
> sdjcu>
> sdjcu> I have checked things such as filepermissions, and inetd.conf looks OK.
> sdjcu>
> sdjcu> Do you have any suggestions.
> sdjcu>
> sdjcu> Regards,
> sdjcu> Scott
> sdjcu>
>
> Have you tried starting those servers, e.g., # startsrc -t 'telnet'
> The error you get might shed some light... Any error log entries?
> Are the services defined in /etc/services?
>
> -Bela (5300-04-01)
> --
> "... I shook my family tree, and a bunch of NUTS fell out ..."


I have turned on debug mode for inetd and get this in /tmp/syslog.out

ar 31 11:16:09 mcsjl40b syslog:info syslogd: restart
Mar 31 11:16:25 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : ftp
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/ftpd
Mar 31 11:16:25 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: ftp/tcp: bind:
Addr family not supported by protocol
Mar 31 11:16:25 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : telnet
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/telnetd
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: telnet/tcp:
bind: Addr family not supported by protocol
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : shell
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/rshd
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: shell/tcp:
bind: Addr family not supported by protocol
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : login
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/rlogind
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: login/tcp:
bind: Addr family not supported by protocol
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : exec
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/rexecd
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: exec/tcp:
bind: Addr family not supported by protocol
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : bootps
proto=udp, wait=1(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/bootpd
Mar 31 11:16:26 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : tftp
proto=udp, wait=0(src=1), user=nobody builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/tftpd
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error tftpd[348160]: [00000001]
EZZ7025E Retrieval failed for the message: TFTP_MSG_C_25: {1,25} bind
failed: Addr family not supported by protocol
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : ntalk
proto=udp, wait=1(src=0), user=root builtin=0 server=/usr/sbin/talkd
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: ntalk/udp:
bind: Address already in use
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : daytime
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=20001190 server=internal
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: daytime/tcp:
bind: Address already in use
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : time
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=20001170 server=internal
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: time/tcp:
bind: Address already in use
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : daytime
proto=udp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=200011a0 server=internal
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: daytime/udp:
bind: Address already in use
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : time
proto=udp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=20001180 server=internal
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: time/udp:
bind: Address already in use
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : wsmserver
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0
server=/usr/websm/bin/wsmserver
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: wsmserver/tcp:
bind: Address already in use
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:debug inetd[356414]: ADD : strexec
proto=tcp, wait=0(src=0), user=root builtin=0
server=/usr/lpp/storix/bin/strexecd
Mar 31 11:16:30 mcsjl40b daemon:err|error inetd[356414]: strexec/tcp:
bind: Address already in use


Any ideas on what it means.

Regards,
Scott