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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm using busybox-1.1.2.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I cannot get the inetd built into busybox to start telnetd (also builtin to busybox). </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If I build busybox with the standalone version of telnetd, everything works fine.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My inetd.conf entry:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/telnetd telnetd</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When I start inetd by the following command:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> inetd</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Then I enter a:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> netstat -ant</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Which shows no daemons at all. When I run telnetd manually the same netstat command shows</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">telnetd listening on port 23.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">My /etc/services file looks like:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">telnet 23/tcp</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm using binutils-2.16.1, gcc-3.4.4, and glibc-2.3.5. Running on a m68k mvme16x box.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am mounting devpts, and have it config'd in on busybox (hence telnetd standalone working).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Yes, I know ssh is a better option, but at this point I'm going with telnetd, at least until</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I can verify my inetd is working.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I'm at my boiling point trying to figure this out.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tim</FONT>
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