SIGSEGV on bootpd

[Roger Storvik]

My bootpd seems to crash twice a minute with this message in the syslog.log:
Dec 13 09:12:46 xxx inetd[1248]: bootps/udp: Died on signal 11

It still works like it should, and keeps on getting started by inetd..

I suppose this gives more file reading than needed, and would also like fewer lines in the syslog, so: how do I fix this?

HP-UX xxx B.11.11 U 9000/800

[Rainer von Bongartz]

Normally bootp exits af 15 minutes of inactivity. If will not be killed with signal 11 which indicates a serious problem

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and change the bootps line to make bootpd
start in debug mode
bootpd -d 5
after inetd -c take a look at syslog to get more information


Regards
Rainer

[T G Manikandan]

Yes,

Bootpd daemon runs for 15 minutes from the last request.
The inetd restarts the daemon again.
The timeout can be defined in the -t option with the inetd.conf file.

If you are not using bootpd then you can just comment this line in the /etc/inetd.conf

#bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/bootpd bootpd

You should re-read your inetd.conf file using
#inetd -c

This will fix this.

[Roger Storvik]

No no..
We have lots of devices in the /etc/bootptab and rely on this service. I know it is supposed to shut down after 15 mins, but it shuts down after 20-30 seconds, and is started up again instantly by inetd.
It seems to work fine, and serves info to the devices listed in /etc/bootptab.

I suppose it would not die on signal 11 if it dies on timeout?

Roger

[Richard Falt]

Roger, did you ever find a solution to this problem?

I am having the same problem.

Thanks,

Richard F??lt