Is this the old inetd problem where maximum number of connections per
60 sec period is exceeded? - if so, syslog entry on server resembles

        "server failing (looping),service terminated)"

You can set this per service in /etc/inetd.conf (wait.max) else it
defaults to 40 (man inetd)

Gunnar Helliesen writes:
 > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 c714553@vus415.telstra.com.au wrote:
 > 
 > > This works OK for a short time, then the receiving machine comes out with
 > > messages like:
 > >    rshd[22090]: connect second port 859: Connection refused
 > 
 > Interesting. I run a NetBSD/i386 1.3.3 box as a busy FTP server. The FTP 
 > server (wu-ftpd) is run from inetd.
 > 
 > I see the exact same behaviour. Every now and then new FTP connections are
 > refused and I have to 'kill -HUP' inetd. The strange thing is that when
 > this problem occurs I can still telnet into the box... so I always thought
 > it was a problem with wu-ftpd.
 > 
 > Perhaps not.

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