topic Re: inetd start error .. in Operating System - HP-UX

inetd start error ..

someone_4 — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:34:09 GMT

I decided to start another post on my inetd error.

/sbin/init.d/inetd start
Internet Services started

/sbin/init.d/inetd[53]: umask: The specified number is not valid for this comman
d.

It is rather odd. I check /etc/inetd.conf and I dont have any odd umask. So I looked at /sbin/init.d/inetd

And the start part of the script has something about a umask.

'start')
if [ -f /etc/rc.config ]; then
. /etc/rc.config
else
echo "ERROR: /etc/rc.config defaults file MISSING"
fi

mask=`umask`
umask 000

[ -x /usr/sbin/inetd ] && /usr/sbin/inetd $INETD_ARGS
set_return
if [ $rval -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Internet Services started"
else
echo "Unable to start Internet Services"
fi

umask $mask
;;

But that is the same as it is on other servers.

The difference is that on the server that I am getting the error on ..

#umask
07077

#umask -S
u=rwx,g=,o=

on the other

#umask
00

# umask -S
u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rwx

looks like something somewhere is setting that umask that is could probably be making that start up script to fail .. Am I on the right track?

Richard

Re: inetd start error ..

Jeff Schussele — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:36:28 GMT

Like a bloodhound my man.

Jeff

Re: inetd start error ..

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:40:06 GMT

Richard,

This is resulting from the 53rd line of inetd startup script.

53rd line is exactly umask $mask

mask is getting initialized on line 42 with the command "umask"

So, check your /etc/profile or your .profile or root's .profile to see if you are setting a wrong umask.

Correct it if so.

-Sri

Re: inetd start error ..

Sanjay_6 — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:42:28 GMT

Hi Richard,

Check your /etc/inetd.conf file and see if you have defined an invalid umsak with any of the daemon.

Hope this help.

Regds

Re: inetd start error ..

Michael Tully — Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:48:21 GMT

umsak??

Must be a new built in shell variable....

Re: inetd start error ..

SHABU KHAN — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 01:37:47 GMT

Richard,

This thread should help:

http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x39bb854994d9d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Look for Steven's suggestion..

-Shabu

Re: inetd start error ..

K.Vijayaragavan. — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:54:11 GMT

Check the umask value set at "/sbin/rc"

"cat /sbin/rc | grep umask"

-K.Vijay

Re: inetd start error ..

someone_4 — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:54:32 GMT

From the link to the other post here is the problem. But does anyone know why this is for security reason?

Steven Sim Kok Leong:
Hi,

Did you recently enabled trusted systems (TCB)? I ever encountered this symptom after I convert the system from untrusted to trusted . For security reasons, TCB set the default umask to 07077. To overcome the default umask, you need to specify your umask settings in /etc/profile eg. umask 022

Re: inetd start error ..

Michael Tully — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:08:37 GMT

Richard,

Just as a caveat to this post, always make a habit of setting the umask in /etc/profile to:

umask 022

when the building the system is the best time. This will avoid many problems later on by the system creating oodles of files with inappropriate permissions like 666 and ownded by root.

Michael