On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 02:29:32PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 09 June 2003 14:10, Mike Eldridge wrote:
> >all,
> >
> >i'm having serious problems getting amanda to function on a server
> >running xinetd.  the amanda setup on this particular box runs fine
> > with inetd, but i cannot get xinetd to cooperate with me.
> >
> >the skinny:
> >
> >    upon amcheck, xinetd attempts to spawn 25 amandad processes,
> >    generating 25 pairs of START/FAIL lines in my logs.  after the
> > 25 attempts, xinetd disables the service.
> >
> >    amanda functions as expected under inetd.
> >
> >the error reported by amcheck:
> >
> >    WARNING: copernicus.sheergenius.com: selfcheck request timed
> > out.  Host down?
> >
> >my xinetd entry:
> >
> >    service amanda
> >    {
> >        protocol        = udp
> >        socket_type     = dgram
> >        wait            = yes
> >        user            = amanda
> >        group           = disk
> >        groups          = yes
> >        server          = /usr/local/libexec/amandad
> >        server_args     = amandad
> >    }
> >
> It does not contain a disable = yes/no line.

i've tried with and without.  it has no effect.

-mike

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