It sounds like inetd did not get the HUP signal it needed. Do this:
[root@yourhost /root]# ps -C inetd
This will result in output that looks something like:
PID TTY TIME CMD
360 ? 00:00:00 inetd
Here we see that the PID for inetd is 360. Now we use the kill program
to send it the HUP signal. (The HUP signal pokes inetd in the side and
asks it to reread its config files.) This is done like so:
[root@yourhost /root]# kill -1 360
If it worked okay, you should see no output. However, that just means kill
worked okay, it doesn't mean that inetd accepted the new inetd.conf. Check
that inetd is still running using the ps -C inetd command -- the PID
should remain the same. Then check the tail end of the /var/log/messages
to see if inetd left any notes there about possible problems. Do that
with the tail command like so:
[root@yourhost /root]# tail -20 /var/log/messages
If you didn't see any notes from the inetd program there, you should
be okay. Try telnetting to your host again at port 110 and see if that
works.
-Steve
Who speaks for himself, not his company.
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 01:49:03PM +0430, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Steve
>
> Sorry it seems that it does not work in any way . It refuses connection to
> this port ( 110 ) so I think it does not work.
>
> popper popper -s
>
> Even I run the program with this command line hoping that it will load and
> accept connections but it does not respond. Also binary file is OK as I
> tested it . ( I typed a wrong command for it and it responded with error
> message . Also before compile I run configure script and then compile it .
>
> Thanks , Siamak
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Steve Shah wrote:
> > What happens when you type:
> > telnet localhost 110
> > Does it respond with a line that looks something like:
> > Trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...
> > Connected to mailhost.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > +OK QPOP (version 3.0b18) at mailhost starting.
>
> > > Thank you for your suggestion about QPopper . I downloded the source and
> > > compiled it to popper binary file .
> > > 1 - I copied qpopper binary file to /sbin
> > > 2 - In /etc/inetd.conf added
> > > pop3 stream tcp nowait root /sbin/popper popper -s
> > > 3 - In etc/services
> > > pop3 110/tcp #Post Office
> > > 4 - restated linux .
> > > But nothing , it does not accept pop3 connections.
> > > Does it need separate accounts for POP3 users and does it need other
> > > configurations ?
>
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