Debian bug report logs - #1734
netstd 1.19-1 won't install

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Subject: Re: Bug#1734: netstd 1.19-1 won't install
To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > Peter Tobias writes ("Re: Bug#1734: netstd 1.19-1 won't install"):
> > > > Ah, I see! Updating your netbase package will solve your problem:
> > > 
> > > No, it didn't.  It's still complaining about the entry for telnet in
> > > my inetd.conf.  That entry looks perfectly good to me.  I've attached
> > > the whole file below.
> > 
> > Hmm.. I tried to reproduce the problem with your /etc/inetd.conf file:
> 
> I just tried it with 1.20 and it worked.

Great!

> > As you can see it works for me. I really don't know what went wrong
> > on your system. Does it work for you if you rename your /etc/inetd.conf
> > to a different name and then reinstall netbase and netstd?
> 
> I didn't even have to do that; my inetd.conf looks just the way it
> always has.  The formatting may have been improved a bit, but I've
> looked carefully for anything out of place and it looks fine.
> 
> I suggest you close the bug, unless you can think of an experiment for
> me to try.

Ok, I'll close it.

BTW: What do you think about adding a very simple log function to dpkg?
It would be nice to have a log file which says at what time you have
installed package xyz, e.g.

Tue Oct 24 00:29:30 MET 1995 phyton-1.2-1 [new]
Tue Oct 24 00:29:45 MET 1995 netbase-1.19-1 [updated from netbase-1.16-1]
Tue Oct 24 00:29:58 MET 1995 wu-ftpd-2.4-13 [removed]

or something like that.


Peter

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From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: netstd 1.19-1 won't install

Package: netstd
Version: 1.19-1

While upgrading from netstd 1.71-1 to 1.19-1, I saw:

Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/netstd_misc ...
There is already an entry for #systat in /etc/inetd.conf,
but I don't recognise it.  Here is what it looks like:
 #systat        stream  tcp     nowait  nobody  /usr/sbin/tcpd  /bin/ps -auwwx
Do you want to ignore this potential problem and continue, or would
you rather not do so now ?  Continue?  (n/y) y
dpkg: error processing netstd (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netstd
-root@chiark:~/download> dpkg --configure netstd
Setting up netstd ...
There is already an entry for telnet in /etc/inetd.conf,
but I don't recognise it.  Here is what it looks like:
 telnet stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
Do you want to ignore this potential problem and continue, or would
you rather not do so now ?  Continue?  (n/y) y
dpkg: error processing netstd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netstd
-root@chiark:~/download> 

At this point I took a copy of my inetd.conf (enclosed below), edited
out the entry for systat, and tried again:

-root@chiark:~/download> dpkg --configure netstd
Setting up netstd ...
There is already an entry for telnet in /etc/inetd.conf,
but I don't recognise it.  Here is what it looks like:
 telnet stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
Do you want to ignore this potential problem and continue, or would
you rather not do so now ?  Continue?  (n/y) y
dpkg: error processing netstd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 netstd
-root@chiark:~/download> 

Grrr.  I edited that out too, tried again, and it replaced it with an
identical-looking entry.  Then I got a prompt about
  shell  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.rshd

I give up.

Unfortunately I can't revert to 1.18 because of the security problem
with fingerd.

Ian.


# /etc/inetd.conf:  see inetd(8) for further informations.
# $Id: inetd.conf,v 1.2 1995/07/17 22:45:21 tobias Exp $
#
# Internet server configuration database
#
#
# <service_name> <sock_type> <proto> <flags> <user> <server_path> <args>
#
#:INTERNAL: Internal services
echo		stream	tcp	nowait	root	internal
echo		dgram	udp	wait	root	internal
discard		stream	tcp	nowait	root	internal
discard		dgram	udp	wait	root	internal
daytime		stream	tcp	nowait	root	internal
daytime		dgram	udp	wait	root	internal
chargen		stream	tcp	nowait	root	internal
chargen		dgram	udp	wait	root	internal
time		stream	tcp	nowait	root	internal
time		dgram	udp	wait	root	internal

#:STANDARD: These are standard services.
telnet	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.telnetd
## ftp	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.ftpd
#fsp	dgram	udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.fspd
ftp    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/wu-ftpd

#:BSD: Shell, login, exec and talk are BSD protocols.
shell	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.rshd
login	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.rlogind
#exec	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.rexecd
talk	dgram	udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.talkd
ntalk	dgram	udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.ntalkd

#:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services.
smtp	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.smtpd	
118	stream	tcp	nowait	news	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/local/sbin/nnrpwrap
#nntp	stream	tcp	nowait	news	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.nntpd
#uucp	stream	tcp	nowait	uucp	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
comsat	dgram	udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.comsat
pop-2	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.pop2d
pop-3	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.pop3d

#:INFO: `cfinger' is for the GNU finger server available for Debian.
# (NOTE: The current implementation of the `finger' daemon allows it to
# be run as `root'.)
#cfinger stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.cfingerd
finger	stream	tcp	nowait	nobody	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.fingerd
ident	stream	tcp	nowait	nobody	/usr/sbin/identd /usr/sbin/identd -l
#netstat	stream	tcp	nowait	nobody	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/bin/netstat
#systat	stream	tcp	nowait	nobody	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/bin/ps -auwwx
http	stream	tcp	nowait	www	/usr/sbin/httpd	/usr/sbin/httpd

#:BOOT: Tftp service is provided primarily for booting.  Most sites
# run this only on machines acting as "boot servers."
#tftp	dgram	udp	wait	nobody	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.tftpd /boot
#bootps	dgram	udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/bootpd	bootpd -i -t 120

#:KERBEROS: Kerberos authenticated services (these probably need to be
# corrected). krbupdate, kpasswd should ONLY run on the Kerberos server.
#klogin		stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.rlogind -k
#eklogin	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.rlogind -k -x
#kshell		stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/in.rshd -k
#krbupdate	stream tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/registerd
#kpasswd	stream	tcp	nowait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/kpasswdd

#:RPC: RPC based services
#mountd/1	dgram	rpc/udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd
#rstatd/1-3	dgram	rpc/udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd
rusersd/2-3	dgram	rpc/udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/rpc.rusersd
#walld/1	dgram	rpc/udp	wait	root	/usr/sbin/tcpd	/usr/sbin/rpc.rwalld

#:OTHER: Other services

1557		stream	tcp	nowait	nobody	/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/bin/id
#1447		stream	tcp	nowait	ian	/u/ian/things/yehuda/client/client client
#1448		stream	tcp	nowait	ian	/usr/bin/strace strace /u/ian/things/yehuda/client/client client