I just figured out and fixed this on my system last night. I run a fairly bleeding edge hamm - I have my own mirror and I upgrade about once a week. The new version of netbase renames rpc.portmap to portmap, but xinetd has not been made aware of this yet. The fix is to edit the file /etc/init.d/xinetd and change 'rpc.portmap' to 'portmap' and it works fine. I'm sure xinetd will be updated soon to make this the default.
--Bill. debian mail recipient <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've had a problem telnet-ing to my machine recently, and the reason is > because xinetd is not starting. This is because the startup script > (S20xinetd) > checks for a file called "/usr/sbin/rpc.portmap" and, as it is not on my > system, > causes the startup script to exit: > > > --- LISTING OF S20xinetd --- > > #!/bin/sh > # > # Start networking daemons. (with xinetd) > test -f /usr/sbin/rpc.portmap || exit 0 # <-- THE > CULPRIT > test -f /usr/sbin/xinetd || exit 0 > > case "$1" in > start) > echo -n "Starting base networking daemons: " > echo -n "rpc.portmap " ; start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec > /usr/sbin/rpc.portmap > echo -n "xinetd" ; start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec > /usr/sbin/xinetd > echo > ;; > stop) > start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/xinetd > start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/rpc.portmap > killall -9 slattach 2>/dev/null || exit 0 > ;; > reload) > start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile /var/run/inetd.pid > --signal 1 --exec /usr/sbin/xinetd > ;; > *) > echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/netbase {start|stop}" > exit 1 > ;; > esac > > exit 0 > > --- END LISTING --- > > > I've tried to find the package containing this file, but could not do so: > > > --- CONTENTS (PARTIAL) OF "bo/Contents-i386" --- > > usr/sbin/rmt utils/cpio > usr/sbin/room_server devel/groupkit > usr/sbin/rootflags base/util-linux > usr/sbin/routed net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.bwnfsd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.mountd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.pcnfsd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.rquotad admin/quota > usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.rusersd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.rwalld net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.ugidd net/netstd > usr/sbin/rpc.yppasswdd net/nis > usr/sbin/rpc.ypxfrd net/nis > usr/sbin/rsmtp > mail/smail,mail/exim > usr/sbin/run-msqld non-free/msqld > > --- END LISTING --- > > > What should I do about this? > > TIA > > -- Harmon > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-4072 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-8862 PGP Key 0x2BD331E5; Public key at http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/pubkey.txt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .