RE: simple newbie init question

["Edward W. Rouse" <erouse at comsquared dot com>]

Renamed services, ran the file and, yes!, the links were there.
Restarted inetd and cvspserver is now running. Woot.

Thanks for all the help.

Ed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:42 PM
> To: Edward W. Rouse
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: simple newbie init question
> 
> Hmm, this seems up to date...  So, you should also have the
postinstall
> script /etc/postinstall/base-files-mketc.sh.done.  If you don't,
something
> went wrong when executing that postinstall script --
/var/log/setup.log
> should contain some details.  Otherwise, simply rerun the script -- no
> need to reinstall base-files.
> 	Igor
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Edward W. Rouse wrote:
> 
> > Yes. Here is the appropriate line from "cygcheck -svr".
> >
> > base-files              2.6-1
> >
> > However I do not have the symlinks you mention. Can I manually
create
> > them using ln or do I need to reinstall the base-files?
> > Ed.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Igor Pechtchanski
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:02 PM
> > > To: Edward W. Rouse
> > > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: RE: simple newbie init question
> > >
> > > I don't recall you posting your "cygcheck -svr" output.  Do you
have
> the
> > > "base-files" package installed?  If so, /etc/services should be a
> symbolic
> > > link to "C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\services" (you should also
have
> > > symbolic links for /etc/hosts, /etc/protocols, and /etc/networks).
If
> you
> > > don't have those, please remove (or rename) your /etc/services to
> > > something else and (re)install the base-files package.
> > >       Igor
> > >
> > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Edward W. Rouse wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, I didn't. But I got a copy, added it to the /etc
directory,
> added
> > > > the cvspserver line, saved everything and restarted inetd. And
it
> still
> > > > gives me the debug result in my last post. And I still don't
have
> the
> > > > pserver service starting.
> > > >
> > > > Any other suggestions? It doesn't look like inetd is using
> > > > /etc/services. Can someone tell me where it might be looking?
> > > > Ed.
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:47 PM
> > > > > To: Edward W. Rouse
> > > > > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > > > > Subject: RE: simple newbie init question
> > > > >
> > > > > You should already have /etc/services.  Just add the
"cvspserver"
> line.
> > > > >       Igor
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Edward W. Rouse wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > This is the result of 'inetd -d', edited for brevity.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ADD : talk proto=udp, wait=1, user=root builtin=0
> > > > > > server=/usr/sbin/in.talkd
> > > > > > registered /usr/sbin/in.talkd on 19
> > > > > > ADD : ntalk proto=udp, wait=1, user=root builtin=0
> > > > > > server=/usr/sbin/in.talkd
> > > > > > registered /usr/sbin/in.talkd on 20
> > > > > > ADD : cvspserver proto=tcp, wait=0, user=root builtin=0
> > > > > > server=/usr/bin/cvs
> > > > > > FREE: cvspserver proto=tcp, wait=0, user=root builtin=0
> > > > > > server=/usr/bin/cvs
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For some reason it immediately frees the cvspserver after
adding
> it.  I
> > > > > > also find the register lines disconcerting. I know that on a
> normal
> > > > > > Linux system, inetd has port info in /etc/services, which is
> missing
> > > > > > from the cygwin install. I was assuming that it was getting
that
> info
> > > > > > from somewhere else. I guess I shouldn't assume. Do I need
to
> add
> > > > > > /etc/services?
> > > > > > Ed.
> 
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