On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 10:37 -0500, Fierst, Timothy M wrote: > I'm running the following configuration: > binutils - 2.16.1 > gcc - 3.4.4 > glibc - 2.3.5 > kernel - debian 2.6.8 > on a m68k mvme177 box. > > My inetd (from busybox) keeps failing on a getservbyname call. I have > all > my executables _statically_ linked.
> > cat /etc/services > > telnet 23/tcp > > > cat /etc/inetd.conf > > telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd telnetd > > I have the following line in my etc/protocols file: > > tcp 6 TCP # transmission control protocol > > > cat /etc/nsswitch.conf > > Is this the proper mailing list to post to with this type of question? > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. > > -Tim your /etc/protocols is not "rich" enough dns is udp AFAIK ip 0 IP # internet protocol, pseudo protocol number icmp 1 ICMP # internet control message protocol igmp 2 IGMP # internet group multicast protocol ggp 3 GGP # gateway-gateway protocol tcp 6 TCP # transmission control protocol pup 12 PUP # PARC universal packet protocol udp 17 UDP # user datagram protocol idp 22 IDP # WhatsThis? raw 255 RAW # RAW IP interface and you need that also in /etc/services domain 53/tcp Domain Name Server domain 53/udp Domain Name Server -- H CUH Rainer Peter Feller H -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page