Re: [expert] LM 7.2 and still network probs

[Matthew Micene]

On Tuesday 13 February 2001 06:10 am, Andreas Müller wrote:
> My first question, can inetd and xinetd run at the same time?

No, these should not be run together.  Xinetd is a replacement for Inetd.  
Pick one or the other.

> Then again I have to start inetd manually to add:

Probably related to the above.

> Currently I have to do it manually and the settings indicate that it
> should work automatically.

Check /etc/rc.d/rcN.d/, where N is the run level number you are in (3 is 
most common for CLI and 5 for x/k/gdmj).  Check to make sure that there is 
a symlink that looks something like S10network -> ../init.d/network in 
that directory.  If that symlink is there, check 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ for the existence of ifcfg-lo.  That 
combination should ensure that the loopback device is being initialized on 
boot.  If you don't have the ifcfg-lo file, I can email you one that 
should work.

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[expert] LM 7.2 and still network probs

[Andreas Müller]

Hallo all,

well I have some problems with the network services and LM 7.2. I do not have a
network card, just want to use the loopback device lo.

I have activated the network service at startup, then I also have activated
xinetd and inetd at startup. 

My first question, can inetd and xinetd run at the same time?

Now when my system boots, the lo device is NOT available.
I have to start it manually with

ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up

Afterwards I have some network services available:

Port   State   Service
21/tcp openftp
22/tcp openssh
80/tcp openhttp
443/tcpopenhttps
1024/tcp   openkdm
1025/tcp   openlisten
6000/tcp   openX11

Then again I have to start inetd manually to add:

nntp
pop-3
telnet

I tried Webmin and it tells me under Hardware> NetConf> NetInterfaces
that device lo is available and ACTIVATED at boot time. Apparently all this
settings are ignored somehow. Someone suggested that I add the ifconfig line to
the startup scripts, but why do this, if the settings are already there, they
just get ignored.

I have an older LM 7.0 here to, and the device lo gets started by the network
service and no problems at all, just LM 7.2 ignores the settings. Can someone
help here and tell me how to enamble lo "the right way"?
Currently I have to do it manually and the settings indicate that it should work
automatically.

Thanx in advance

Andreas