egb-daemon using port 5655

[Delecole]

Hi There !

After I have installed the HP-UX 11.i version 1 (December 2003), and I try to install my application, it fails because the port 5655 is already used by UNIX by the "egb-daemon" (in /etc/services).

I'd like to know where that service is coming from , and how to avoid installing it ...

Many Thanks !!

[RAC_1]

Check for egb-daemon in /etc/inetd.conf. It is being started from there.
You can also check what processes is using that port.
netstat -an | grep 5655

[Delecole]

Thanks RAC ...
but my question was to know what is egb-daemon used for and coming from .

I know it is the trouble maker, because I see in the /etc/services that it is using port 5655 ... that my application is also using (So my application fails to install because the port is already taken).

I'd like to know where egb-daemon is coming from and how to avoid installing it during my HP-UX installation procedure.

Many Thanks !

[Antonio Cardoso_1]

Hi,

the daemon may be started either through /etc/inittab or in a script ran from /sbin/rc.d/S*

To prevent it from starting, remove corresponding configuration from there.

[Delecole]

Guys, I'm maybe not clear enough ...

I don't want to know how this daemon is being launched, but what it is used for, and therefore how to avoid having it installed.

If not installed, then my applicarion will install.

What is egb-daemon used for ?

Many thanks !!

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi,

It could be due to entropy gathering daemon. You can disable from /sbin/init.d/ or /etc/rc.*.


-Arun

[Antonio Cardoso_1]

Hi,

does
swlist -l fileset | grep EGB-RUN
return something?
If so, look for some man pages in the corresponding product (swlist -l file )

If not, you can attempt determining origin package by:
1) get PID listening on this port:
- lsof -i tcp:5655
(if not installed look for it at http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/cgi-bin/search?package=on&description=on&term=lsof&Search=Search)

2) get corresponding binary
- ps -ef | grep

3) search installation package by either:
find / -name
or
find /var/adm/sw/products -name INFO -exec grep -l {} \;

HTH,
antonio.

[Delecole]

ok guys !

I found out what that egb-daemon was related to.

when Installing HP-UX, after the 3rd CD, it is asking for additional language packages to install.

The egb-daemon is actually "installed" when you install other languages than the English.

... although I'm not really sure why that daemion is used for.

Problem solved, thanks !

[Kent Ostby]

http://egd.sourceforge.net/

This is a contributed program random number generator.

[Delecole]

egb, and not egd ...