[NCLUG] inetd not doesn't understand amanda service?

[Matt Taggart]

"Robie Lutsey" writes...

> I read the inetd man page which implies that Amanda isn't in the
> /etc/services (which it is), and I searched Amanda-users and turned up a =
> guy who had trouble with NIS (which I'm not using).

Here's a guess..

Try taking a look at /etc/nsswitch.conf and `man nsswitch.conf`. You need to 
make sure that the "services:" line will search "files". That may mean putting 
it first or it might mean making sure that it will "continue" and try files 
after it is "notfound" in another source. According to the linux manpage 
"continue" is the default behavior, but thaty might not be the case on hpux or 
you might have an nsswitch.conf that says to do otherwise. So you need to 
determine if you are using and/or need the other "services:" sources and craft 
an appropriate line for your case.

Make sense?

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Matt Taggart
matt at lackof.org