configuring reader server

[Jeffrey M. Vinocur]

On Mon, 13 May 2002, Dan Hollis wrote:

> On Mon, 13 May 2002, Jeffrey M. Vinocur wrote:
>
> > But some message indicating that "something is already listening on this 
> > port" should be logged, and I think that should suffice.
> 
> If it's running with privileges (to open a low port) then not only can it 
> tell you something is listening, it can also tell you exactly what. 

Sure.  It could also reconfigure your system so that everything just 
works.  But honestly, just look at `netstat` output...a clear and correct 
log message I think suffices.


> # nnrpd -D
> Process 830 (xinetd) is already listening on this port.

When xinetd spawns the nnrpd process (with the incorrect -D flag), it 
should not be doing so with elevated privileges anyway.



-- 
Jeffrey M. Vinocur
jeff at litech.org