inetd[115]: exec/tcp: unknown service
2007-12-25 8:22:00
> I have a small network of a 3/80 server and three 3/80 diskless clients,
> all running 4.1.1_U1 with no patches.
>
> We leave the server running continuously, as it is our UUCP mail and news
> machine, but the clients are normally shut down over the weekend.
>
> Sometimes when booting up a client, it goes through the normal boot
> procedure to the initial login: prompt, but then gives the console message
>
> inetd[115]: exec/tcp: unknown service.
>
> The network is running NIS, and doing a "ypcat services" on both the
> server and client reveals "exec 512/tcp".
>
> - What kind of problem does this message indicate?
>
> - Why does it appear?
>
> - Can I ignore it, or should I reboot the client when it happens?
The consensus was that I probably had a blank line in my master
/etc/services file.
I did.
> From: Steve Romig <romig@cis.ohio-state.edu>
>
> Sounds like you have a blank line in /etc/services. There's a
> Strange and Irritating Bug that causes it to flake out if there's a
> blank line - most of the time, getservbyname will find exec/tcp (or
> lpr/tcp or whatever) and then sometimes, not.
Thanks also to:
lbd@mhcnet.att.com (Leslie B. Dreyer Kalra [82])
David Barr <barr@pop.psu.edu>
Mike Raffety <miker@il.us.swissbank.com>
shandelm@jpmorgan.com (Joel Shandelman FIMS Information Systems - 212-648-4480)
tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans)
"Lawrence R. Rogers" <lrr@Princeton.EDU>
canuck@masc38.rice.edu (Mike Pearlman)
tmk@mayo.EDU (Tom Kinter)
Brett M Hogden <hogden@rge.com>
Barry Margolin <barmar@Think.COM>
Simon Shickman <simon@horizon.cc.huji.ac.il>
Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)
glenn@uniq.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services)
and any others whose replies I have not yet received.
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