inetd[2624]: telnet/tcp: accept: Invalid argument

[Nagashankar_1]

Hi,
I had installed OnlineJFS and rebooted the server after that i have a strange issue, telnet or any other internet services dont work, there are no error messages in syslog expect for the below error when there is an incomming connection

"Aug 23 16:55:05 magpie inetd[2624]: telnet/tcp: accept: Invalid argument"

there is no issue with /etc/hosts, nsswitch.conf, services inetd.conf all are fine, but still i am not able to connect through telnet

any ideas! on how could i solve this issue

[Pat Lieberg]

Do you have an inetd.sec file? This doesn't seem like that type of error, but its worth checking.

[Rajesh SB]

Hi,

Just check the telnet service/port is properly activated or not.

# netstat -na|grep *.23

Is this problem started after reboot? Or observed now.

Regards,
Rajesh

[Doug Burton]

You may also want to check the telnet line in the /etc/inetd.conf file. The line normally looks like...
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd telnetd

[RAC_1]

Check the telnet line in /etc/inetd.conf. Looks like it has syntax problem. It should look like follows.

telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/telnetd telnetd

[Ermin Borovac]

In addition to OnlineJFS, have you also installed any patches (e.g. ARPA)?

[Nagashankar_1]

Hi All,
thanks for all your responses, I figured out the problem, it was with respect to a patch that was installed during installtion of onlinejfs implicitly,

Solution was to install the PHNE_28525 patch.

I rebooted after this, and the problem is now resolved.

-Nagashankar