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From: pew@grieg.Eng.Sun.COM (John Pew)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: inetd.conf
Keywords: inetd.conf rpc portmap
Message-ID: <10857@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 91 15:27:07 GMT
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I have a daemon that I want the inetd to start up automatically.
The daemon was created using rpcgen.  My problem is that when
I put an entry in the inetd.conf file like this:

   testd/1	stream	rpc/tcp	wait root /usr/etc/rpc.testd	rpc.testd

With a corresponding entry in /etc/rpc:

   testd		100099

I get the following error message:

   inetd[124]: testd/rpc/tcp: unknown service

However, if I change the entry in inetd.conf to:

   100099/1	stream	rpc/tcp	wait root /usr/etc/rpc.testd	rpc.testd

everything works fine.  What am I doing wrong?

I am running on a Sun workstation running SunOS 4.1.1.
Here is the .x file I run rpcgen on:

program TESTPROG {
    version TESTVERS {
	int STARTTEST(int) = 1;
	int STOPTEST(int) = 2;
    } = 1;
} = 100099;

I use rpcgen as follows:

   rpcgen -I test.x

What I normally do is send a HUP signal to inetd so that it re-reads the
inetd.conf file.  I have also tried rebooting. No luck.  Any help
would be appreciated.

John Pew
pew@sun.com