Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/14/15:29:50
"Jon Beniston" <jbeniston AT compxs DOT com> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm seeing the following problem when trying to run telnetd. If I start
> it from the command line with:
>
> cd /usr/sbin
> ./in.telnetd
>
> I get:
>
> ./in.telnetd: getpeername: Socket operation on non-socket
>
> I'm using cygwin 1.3.22-1, inetutils 1.3.2-2 and Windows XP.
>
> However, it appears to run if I do:
>
> ./in.telnetd -debug
>
> And I'm able to telnet in. However..
>
> When I try to start telnetd with xinetd and then try telnetting. I get:
>
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {main_loop} select returned 1
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {server_start} Starting service telnet
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {main_loop} active_services = 13
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: ERROR: {set_credentials} setuid failed: Permission
> denied (errno = 13)
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {main_loop} active_services = 13
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {main_loop} select returned 1
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {check_pipe} Got signal 20 (Child status
> changed)
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {child_exit} waitpid returned = 5592
> 03/4/10 AT 15:43:40: DEBUG: {server_end} telnet server 5592 exited
>
> I also have a problem on another machine whereby I can get telnetd
> running, but no username/password appears to work. Aggh. I've been
> looking through the mailing list archive and there seem to be many
> people who have had the same problem, but there doesn't seem to be a
> definitive answer. (For example, some people say that telnetd has to be
> run using inetd and not from a shell, but for me it's the other way
> round). I still have a few things to try, but was wondering if someone
> has assembled a list of problems / issues etc?
>
> Cheers,
> JonB
>
I just downloaded and installed xinetd, and during the installation
phase, I noticed that the install attempted to create several .conf
files, which failed due to permissions it appeared. I moved on fairly
quickly, so I couldn't really tell. But I get the same socket error
on WinXPPro, but until I read, I'll assume it's a SMOC.
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Thanks,
Jeff
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