On Monday 24 August 2009, Gene Heskett wrote:
>Greetings;
>
>This doesn't look terribly comforting, and occurred apparently at the
> amcheck phase of a script I wrote to install new amanda snapshots:
>
>Aug 24 10:35:34 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:34 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:34 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:34 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:34 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:34 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:35 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:36 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>Aug 24 10:35:38 coyote xinetd[2394]: Starting reconfiguration
>Aug 24 10:35:38 coyote xinetd[2394]: Swapping defaults
>Aug 24 10:35:38 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amanda
>Aug 24 10:35:38 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amandaidx
>Aug 24 10:35:38 coyote xinetd[2394]: readjusting service amidxtape
>Aug 24 10:35:38 coyote xinetd[2394]: Reconfigured: new=0 old=3 dropped=0
>(services)
>
>Then this afternoon, 2 more lines I don't recall seeing before:
>
>Aug 24 16:58:45 coyote xinetd[2394]: START: amanda pid=13481
>from=::ffff:192.168.71.3
>Aug 24 16:59:15 coyote xinetd[2394]: EXIT: amanda status=0 pid=13481
>duration=30(sec)
>
>Anybody have a clue I could borrow?
>
>Thank you.

Another set of oddities:

[root@coyote amanda-2.6.2alpha-20090824]# ls -l /etc/xinetd.d
total 92
-rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk  938 2009-05-09 19:12 amanda
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  938 2009-08-24 10:35 amanda.7g1R7x
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  938 2009-08-24 10:35 amanda.cZ5StE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  938 2009-08-24 10:35 amanda.dka3RX
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  938 2009-08-24 10:35 amanda.GwpGVP
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  938 2009-08-24 10:35 amanda.KoAOR4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root   root  938 2009-08-24 10:35 amanda.sgnecU

For what purpose does root:root need 6 more copies of my 'amanda' file?  They 
appear to all be identical.

Curiouser and curiouser...

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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