unable to get me_dserv listen on port 9898

[Robert Pieters]

On a HP-UX D380 we installed allbase and HP-DMS. In order to get the me_dserv working we had to add the following lines in /etc/services:
"me_dserv 9898/tcp # HP-DMS"
and in /etc/inetd.conf:
"me_dserv stream tcp nowait medmgr /opt/dbms_server/me_dserv me_dserv -e LANG=C"

Afterwards we stopped and started inetd and did a netstat -a|grep me. The me_dserv is not in the LISTEN-state.

What's wrong ???

[harry d brown jr]

INETD is the listener, NOT me_dserv.

get lsof and quit using netstat -a

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Sysadmin/lsof-4.64/

live free or die
harry

[Robert Pieters]

Maybe I descriped the "LISTEN" part wrong but
we are working with HP-UX 10.20, so we cannot use LSOF.

Any other solutions ??

[harry d brown jr]

Well you have about 8 months left for 10.20.

of course the answer is still the same. Inetd is the listener.

live free or die
harry

[Robert Pieters]

Harry,

This is still no answer for us !!!

Did we do anything wrong in the files descriped above ??

[harry d brown jr]

Robert,

The service isn't going to be started until you have someone hit pot 9898 or until you manually start the application.

live free or die
harry

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
Does user medmgr exists ?. Does me_dserv have
proper execute permissions for user medmgr to
execute it. After restarting inetd have you
gone through /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file
for any errors ?
Open two terminal windows in that server.
Give this command in one window.
#telnet 127.0.0.1 9898
Does it say any error ?. Or the telnet just connects with no messages ?
In another window.
#netstat -a | grep me
Does it show anything ?

Harry , IMHO , the author is right about the
LISTEN state . Inetd listens on open ports with port name defined in /etc/services and
/etc/inetd.conf . For example , telnet .

/etc/inetd.conf
telnet stream tcp nowait
root /usr/sbin/telnetd

/etc/services
telnet 23/tcp

Now if you give
#netstat -a | grep telnet

You can see telnet (But actually inetd) entry in LISTEN state.

regards,
U.SivaKumar