redhat70_bug_xinetd

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Subject: Re: Linuxconf with RH7.0
From: Jacques Gelinas <jack@solucorp.qc.ca>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:42:44 -0400 (EDT)

I have just installed Redhat 7.0 on one of my machines.  I am having
> problems getting linuxconf to work using a web browser ( I know this isn't
> really secure and I normally have it turned off, but the fact that I cannot
> get it to work is driving me crazy).  I have a 6.1 system as well and that
> one works fine.  Here is what I have done so far:

It is a bug in xinetd. We are working on it now.

> Like I said, the 6.1 machine works fine. The 7.0 machine does not.  I do,
> however, see in the log files that xinetd is starting linuxconf --http when
> attempting to connect via a web browser but is doesn't keep running. It
> immediately terminates. And the message I get on the Netscape browser on the

The xinetd bug has triggered a flaw in linuxconf as well. 1.21r6 has the
fixed, but we have not released a fixed xinetd yet (problem with
"wait" services).

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