Re: inetd login problems

[Paul Grinberg <gri6507 at yahoo dot com>]

On your suggestion, I removed the cygrunsrv version of inetd service
and installed inetd as "--install-as-service". Unfortunately, this has
the same effect as before.

I also double checked that my /etc/group is up to date.  Any other
suggestions?


--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> There was no need to Cc: me, especially since I specifically set the
> Reply-To: field to point to the cygwin list.  Please make sure your
> mailer
> honors that.
> 
> More replies inline.
> 
> On Fri, 9 May 2003, Paul Grinberg wrote:
> 
> > As requested, attached is the output of cygcheck (sorry, i forgot
> to
> > include it).  I am also attaching the inetd.log.  The Windows Event
> log
> > unfortunately does not contain any information about inetd at all. 
> I
> > have recently updated the /etc/passwd file, but I don't know how to
> > update the /etc/group file, or even if that is necessary.  I hope
> this
> > fills in the blanks.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > --- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > First off, the output of "cygcheck -svr" (attached, as per
> > > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>) would really help under the
> > > circumstances.  More replies inline below.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Paul Grinberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am running cygwin under WinNT (CYGWIN_NT-4.0 1.3.22(0.78/3/2)
> > > > 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin). Inetd was
> configured as
> > > > a service using cygrunsrv following instructions I found
> somewhere on
> > > > the web.  This has worked for me in the past.
> 
> Hmm, I didn't notice this initially.  FYI, inetd has an
> --install-as-service
> option...  In fact, that's the recommended way of configuring it, as
> indicated in /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README.  Any other
> instructions
> are not definitive, and may result in a broken configuration.  In
> fact,
> the README states that
> 
>   Under NT/W2K inetd must be started from service manager. It
>   must not be started via SRVANY but it has two new options
>   to install or remove it as service...
> 
> which I take to mean that you have to be careful of how you install
> it.
> 
> > > > I had no need to log into my machine for a few months, during
> which, I
> > > > had updated the cygwin installation. Now, when I try to telnet
> into it,
> > > > I don't even get the login prompt; only this:
> > > >
> > > > Trying 10.40.11.62...
> > > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > > >
> > > > and when I ftp into the machine, I get this:
> > > >
> > > > Connected to 10.40.11.62.
> > > > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
> > > >
> > > > I tried restarting the inetd service from within the Control
> Panel,
> > > > but all I get is this error message:
> > > >
> > > > The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). 
> Click
> > > > OK to terminate the application.
> > >
> > > Does the Windows event log show anything?  What about the files
> in
> > > /var/log?
> > >
> > > > So, I tried running inetd manually in debug mode from a
> terminal. I
> > > > was then able to telnet into my machine, but for some reason,
> my
> > > > login information is no longer accepted ("login failed"
> errors). The
> > > > same story for FTP. Any suggestions on what could be going
> wrong
> > > > with my setup?
> > >
> > > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group up to date?  It's hard to
> venture
> > > a guess without the cygcheck output...
> > > 	Igor
> 
> Your inetd.log shows interesting messages:
> 
>     305 [main] inetd 107 sync_with_child: child 457(0x1A0) died
> before initialization with status code 0x80
>   43539 [main] inetd 107 sync_with_child: *** child state waiting for
> longjmp
> 
> Searching the list for "sync_with_child status code 0x80 longjmp"
> results
> in a whole bunch of matches, but most of these were left with no
> reply.
> From what I could see, this problem had to do with temporarily
> running out
> of PIDs...  Perhaps someone can fill in for me on this.
> 
> However, the first thing to try would be to start from scratch and
> follow
> the exact directions in /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README and
> see if
> that works.
> 	Igor
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