inetd error message

[stevenriz]

I get this when I try to run inetd after making system changes....

server1 inetd[983]: ISTATE not in environment

What's this mean? I can find info on it anywhere.

 

[stevenriz]

Also when I restart the server, the console displays this...

server1: RPC: Program not registered

Thanks all!

 

[ayjaycee]

I did some Googling (!) & found a (garbled) link which included the line "inetd: couldn't find ISTATE environment variable. Try -s flag."

So, [tt]
# strings /usr/sbin/inetd | grep ISTATE
inetd: couldn't find ISTATE environment variable. Try -s flag.
ISTATE not in environment
[/tt]

Therefore, [tt]
# man inetd
<snip>
-s Allows you to run inetd ``stand-alone,'' outside
the Service Access Facility (SAF). If the -s
option is omitted, inetd will attempt to contact
the service access controller (SAC) and will exit
if SAC is not already running. See sac(1M).
[/tt]

OK, can you try inetd -s & see what happens?

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[ayjaycee]

And, re: RPC: Program not registered ...

http://www.freebsddiary.org/nfs-portmap.php

[tt]When I restarted the box, which acts both as an NFS server and an NFS client, the boot process was paused with the following message:

Mounting NFS file systemsNFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered

I also found the following messages in /var/log/messages on the NFS server:

portmap[83487]: connect from 192.168.0.18 to getport(mountd): request from unauthorized host
portmap[83517]: connect from 192.168.0.18 to getport(nfs): request from unauthorized host

I mentioned this on IRC, and Unfurl suggested it was an /etc/hosts.allow (i.e. tcpwrappers) issue. He suggested I change allow all for portmap. I did. Rebooted the client box (as that's the situation under which the problem occurred). This time, the box rebooted properly and the NFS partitions were properly mounted.

Here's what I had in /etc/hosts.allow:

# Portmapper is used for all RPC services; protect your NFS!
# (IP addresses rather than hostnames *MUST* be used here)
portmap : 192.0.2.32/255.255.255.224 : allow
portmap : 192.0.2.96/255.255.255.224 : allow
portmap : ALL : deny

Here's what I changed it to:

# Portmapper is used for all RPC services; protect your NFS!
# (IP addresses rather than hostnames *MUST* be used here)
portmap : 192.0.2.32/255.255.255.224 : allow
portmap : 192.0.2.96/255.255.255.224 : allow
portmap : 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 : allow
portmap : ALL : deny
[/tt]

Any use ?

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[stevenriz]

Thank you. I will go through all of this info and let you know. Appreciate it greatly!!