There is a trick that works on my Solaris 2.5 system to get the inetd to
fire up the aceserver. It also worked, and was sometimes necessary in
SunOS 4.1.x. It is the following:
1) start the aceclient using the */etc/services* number as the port.
This will fail, but
2) now starting the aceclient with the inetd.conf port will succeed.
Example:
%tail /etc/services
acecot117 1117/tcp rpc.acedbd acecot117 acecotprod
%tail /etc/inetd.conf
1117/1 stream rpc/tcp wait davy /usr/local/bin/rpc.acedbd rpc.acedbd
/home2/zorn/data1/users/davy/acecot/acecot1.7 20000117 600:600:0
%aceclient donn.lbl.gov -port 1117
Sol2.5: [hangs] ^C
SunOS: //! cannot establish connection
//! usage: aceclient host [-port port_num] [-time_out nn_in_seconds]
[-ace_out] [-ace_in] [-f reportfile parameters]
[but now,]
%aceclient donn.lbl.gov -port 20000117
acedb at donn.lbl.gov>
[works!]
Like Mark Strivens, I have never gotten the server to start from
inetd.conf by mentioning the service *name* there, but have had
success using the services *number*, as in the above example.
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Donn F. Davy, Computer Systems Engineer / (510) 486-4162
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \
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