Subject: port-i386/3093: identd doesn't recover from kill -HUP
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org, mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Tracy J. Di Marco White <gendalia@solstice.cnde.iastate.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/09/1997 15:45:58
>Number:         3093
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       all services refuse connections after kill -HUP `/var/run/inetd.pid
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan  9 13:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Tracy J. Di Marco White
>Organization:
>Release:        NetBSD-current 6 Jan 1997
>Environment:
System: NetBSD solstice.cnde.iastate.edu 1.2B NetBSD 1.2B (SOLSTICE) #6: Mon Jan 6 19:13:58 CST 1997 root@solstice.cnde.iastate.edu:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SOLSTICE i386


>Description:
kill -HUP inetd causes inetd to not perform properly, /var/log/messages recieves
Jan  9 15:24:24 solstice inetd[112]: ftp/tcp: bind: Address already in use
for each service in /etc/inetd.conf, and connections are refused when trying
to connect.
>How-To-Repeat:
kill -HUP `/var/run/inetd.pid`
>Fix:
work-around: kill and restart inetd.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: