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Subject:	Re: Error when attempting to start inetd
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:36:32 -0500
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Michael Grand wrote:

> It appears as though "inetd --install-as-service" is either bugged or I
> somehow used it incorrectly (although I can't see how that would have
> happened, it's pretty straight forward).  I reinstalled inetutils and
> instead of running "inetd --install-as-service" I ran this command:
> 'cygrunsrv -I inetd -p /usr/sbin/inetd -d "CYGWIN inetd"' and I can now
> start the inetd service.  However, inetd now stops automatically after 7
> seconds.

You are missing (at least) one parameter:

cygrunsrv -I inetd -p /usr/sbin/inetd --args "-D" -d "CYGWIN inetd"

If you don't tell inetd to run in the foreground it will run as a daemon, w=
hich
is not what cygrunsrv expects (unless you also use -x).
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Ren=E9 Berber


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