inetd.conf - ident entry

[Fred Martin_1]

I just noticed these errors in syslog:

inetd[563]: auth/tcp: Exit status 1

Installed HP-UX 11.0 over 10.20 a few days ago, looks like the cause might be the line in the inetd.conf file ... in version 10.20 it looked like this:

auth stream tcp wait bin /usr/bin/identd...

In the new 11.0 inetd.conf file the same line looks like this:

ident stream tcp wait bin /usr/bin/identd...

My old inetd.conf file is still in place, I'm still comparing/merging the stuff.

Can I just change the first field "auth" to "ident", kill the inetd daemon and restart it?

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi Fred,

The ident entry should be

ident stream tcp wait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd

If you modify the inetd.conf file do "inetd -c" for inetd to reread the conf file. No need to kill and restart inetd. inetd -c will do the job.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[PIYUSH D. PATEL]

Hi,

This message is from the identd which some versions of sendmail use to try to authenticate the other end of a connection. There is a problem
with the way it sent out the inetd.conf entry for identd. To correct this, change it from:

The entry should be /usr/lbin/identd

Or else you can try


auth stream tcp nowait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd -l -i -t120

This should take care of that problem after you reconfigure. Do an inetd -c to reread the inetd.conf file.

Apply the latest patches to the system. That may solve a lot of bugs

Piyush

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi

Yes it is easier than so. Just edit the file and write "/usr/sbin/inetd -c". This force inetd to reread the configuration file.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Also take a look at this thread,

http://support1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000024614172

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Helen French]

Check this thread and the solution:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x300f8f960573d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

[Helen French]

Another possibility is the sendmail patches. Check this document for more information (TKB #KBRC00004855):

http://support1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=500000000092362

[Fred Martin_1]

No one has mentioned the apparent difference between 10.20 and 11.0.

The 11.0 install left my inetd.conf file alone, so I am still using the 10.20 version of the file.

However, in swagent.log was a note that a new file had been delivered in /usr/etc/newconfig.

In the 11.0 version that line does not start with "auth" but starts with "ident" and I'm concerned about leaving the "auth" in there for 11.0 ....

[Victor_5]

I just checked my box which is running 11.0, it should be

ident stream tcp wait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd

you can modify the /etc/inetd.conf directly, after that, inetd -c to re-read the configuration file.

Man ident for more.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Fred,

The default / correct entry for both 10.20 and 11.0 is

ident stream tcp wait bin /usr/lbin/identd identd

Hope this helps.

Regds