Re: inetd login problems

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Oops, sorry, I forgot that you've already posted it.  Please disregard
that request.

I really don't see anything obviously wrong with your setup.  Perhaps
someone more familiar with inetd can offer his/her opinion?
	Igor

On Mon, 12 May 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> Paul,
>
> How about posting the output of "cygcheck -svr" as an uncompressed text
> *attachment*, as per <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>?
>         Igor
>
> On Mon, 12 May 2003, Paul Grinberg wrote:
>
> > 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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