The reason this is a problem is that identd (at least openbsd-identd) is
"smart", and doesn't start itself when no services are defined in
/etc/inetd.conf. Then when a new service (such as pidentd) is
installed, update-identd attempts a force-reload or a restart; neither
of which will start a service that isn't running.
This patch attempts to detect if there are any services enabled before
an enable/add action is performed, and if not, it issues a 'start'
rather than a restart/force-reload to wake up inetd.
--- orig/update-inetd-4.31/DebianNet.pm 2008-02-04 09:27:20.000000000 -0600
+++ update-inetd-4.31/DebianNet.pm 2009-02-26 11:59:43.000000000 -0600
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
}
}
if ($inetdconf) {
+ my $init_svc_count = &scan_entries();
open(ICWRITE, ">$inetdcf.new") || die "Error creating new $inetdcf:
$!\n";
open(ICREAD, "$inetdcf");
while(<ICREAD>) {
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
die "Error installing new $inetdcf: $!\n";
chmod(0644, "$inetdcf");
- &wakeup_inetd;
+ &wakeup_inetd(0,$init_svc_count);
}
}
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@
my($service, $pattern) = @_;
unless (defined($service)) { return(-1) };
unless (defined($pattern)) { $pattern = ''; }
+ my $init_svc_count = &scan_entries();
chomp($service);
open(ICWRITE, ">$inetdcf.new") || die "Error creating new $inetdcf: $!\n";
open(ICREAD, "$inetdcf");
@@ -229,17 +231,19 @@
die "Error installing new $inetdcf: $!\n";
chmod(0644, "$inetdcf");
- &wakeup_inetd;
+ &wakeup_inetd(0,$init_svc_count);
return(1);
}
sub wakeup_inetd {
- my($removal) = @_;
+ my($removal,$init_svc_count) = @_;
my($pid);
my($action);
if ($removal) {
$action = 'force-reload';
+ } elsif ( defined($init_svc_count) and $init_svc_count == 0 ) {
+ $action = 'start';
} else {
$action = 'restart';
}
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@
sub scan_entries {
my ($service, $pattern) = @_;
+ unless (defined($service)) { $service = '[^#\s]'; }
unless (defined($pattern)) { $pattern = ''; }
my $counter = 0;
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