Package: xinetd Version: 1:2.3.14-6 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software
The package xinetd with revision -6 has a switch intended to support ipv6 services. Unfortunately, it also breaks unrelated software (my SMTP server, for instance, thus the severity), since I get lines like this in my logs: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/chargen [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=16] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/daytime [file=/etc/xinetd.d/daytime] [line=28] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/discard [file=/etc/xinetd.d/discard] [line=26] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/echo [file=/etc/xinetd.d/echo] [line=25] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/imaps [file=/etc/xinetd.d/imaps] [line=26] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/time [file=/etc/xinetd.d/time] [line=28] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: added service smtp [file=/etc/inetd.conf] [line=27] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: added service pop3 [file=/etc/inetd.conf] [line=28] Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing chargen Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing chargen Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing daytime Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing daytime Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing discard Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing discard Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing echo Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing echo Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing time Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: removing time Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: socket creation failed (Address family not supported by protocol (errno = 97)). service = smtp Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Service smtp failed to start and is deactivated. Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: socket creation failed (Address family not supported by protocol (errno = 97)). service = pop3 Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Service pop3 failed to start and is deactivated. Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: xinetd Version 2.3.14 started with libwrap loadavg options compiled in. Mar 25 23:26:23 chagas xinetd[12262]: Started working: 1 available service - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I don't have IPv6 support compiled on my kernel. Downgrading to revision -5 seems to work fine again with 3 services started by xinetd. Thanks for your kind work, Rogério Brito. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2-1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages xinetd depends on: ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-14 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii netbase 4.31 Basic TCP/IP networking system ii update-inetd 4.30 inetd configuration file updater Versions of packages xinetd recommends: ii logrotate 3.7.1-3 Log rotation utility ii sysklogd [system-log-daemon] 1.5-2 System Logging Daemon -- no debconf information
