Samba adds the "swat" service to /etc/inetd.conf without checking if the inetd package (netkit-base) is installed. This gives the user the false impression that "swat" should be working. LinuxConf adds the "linuxconf" service to /etc/inetd.conf without checking if the inetd package (netkit-base) is installed. This gives the user the false impression that "linuxconf" should be working. The inetd package (netkit-base) installs without merging changes with the existing /etc/inetd.conf. If it does not find one, it creates it with the default services. If it finds one, it creates a inetd.rpmsave. If for some reason LinuxConf or Samba are installed before netkit-base, the only two services that will be active are "linuxconf" and "swat", because netkit-base will see an existing inetd.conf and not overwrite it. This means that telnet and FTP are not working. This was noticed in Red Hat 6.1. I am not aware if this is an issue in Mandrake 7 or not, I thought I'd pass it along just in case it is. Considering how similiar Red Hat and Mandrake are, I figured the possibility would be high that it is present in both distributions. I do not have permission to use the person's name who found this. If she wants credit, I'm more than happy to give it to her. She did find it, I just verified it. Don Head Linux Mentor Wave Technologies, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [AIM - Don Wave][ICQ - 18804935] [IRC - EFnet, #WaveTech, Don-Wave]
