Thx for the tips guys. I sort of figured out that inetd was not spawning
fast enough, but just didn't know where to tweak it. I appreciate the help
Brian, Mikkel. :)
Rgrds,
Wong.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 12:06 PM
> To: C.M. Wong; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: pop 3 error
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, C.M. Wong wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Lately, I have been encountering some prob with my pop service.
> I get the
> > below error on /var/log/message:
> >
> > inetd[18313]: pop-3/tcp server failing (looping or being flooded), s
> > ervice terminated for 10 min
>
> The error says it all: it's spawning processes faster than the threshhold
> allows and closes service for 10 minutes (and yes, it will come
> back if you let
> it sit there for awhile).
>
> >From the man page ("man 5 inetd.conf"):
> The optional ``max'' suffix (separated from ``wait'' or
> ``nowait'' by a dot)
> specifies the maximum number of server instances that may be spawned from
> inetd within an interval of 60 seconds. When omitted, ``max''
> defaults to 40.
>
> The 40 connections/minute acts as an emergency brake to limit the damage a
> DoS'd service can do. However, if you run a busy mail server, it
> is possible to
> exceed 40 connections/minute of legitimate traffic. If you see
> this warning
> in normal operation, up the limit. In inetd.conf, look for this line:
> pop-3 stream tcp nowait root
>
> change nowait to nowait.## such as:
> pop-3 stream tcp nowait.80 root
>
> -- Brian
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