On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 04:35:32PM +0200, Olivier Berger wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I found it very strange that xinetd wouldn't start on my machine (btw, it's
> the most important problem to be fixed).
>
> /usr/sbin/xinetd -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid -stayalive -inetd_compat
> -inetd_ipv6
> gives :
> Oct 11 16:26:23 hortense xinetd[10044]: bad address [file=/etc/xinetd.conf]
> [line=12]
> Oct 11 16:26:23 hortense xinetd[10044]: A fatal error was encountered while
> parsing the default section. xinetd will exit.
> Oct 11 16:26:23 hortense xinetd[10044]: Exiting...
>
> My /etc/xinetd.conf contains :
> # Simple configuration file for xinetd
> #
> # Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/
>
> defaults
> {
>
> # Please note that you need a log_type line to be able to use log_on_success
> # and log_on_failure. The default is the following :
> # log_type = SYSLOG daemon info
>
> interface = eth1
>
> }
>
> includedir /etc/xinetd.d
>
> so line 12 is about interface eth1... which is up in both cases :-/
>
Btw, removing (commenting) that interface line makes it work again. I'll try
and live with that for the moment.
Still the inconsistency with the -d option is a problem IMHO.
Best regards,
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