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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:33:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: "Jeffery B. Rancier" <jeff DOT rancier AT softechnics DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Problems running telnetd
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Jeffery B. Rancier wrote:

> "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.

Jeff,

FYI, the latest setup (I'm not sure about the release, but definitely the
snapshot) logs the output of postinstall scripts (in
/var/log/setup.log.full).
	Igor
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