Re: start ircd from inetd

[Michael Neumayer <ruseumel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 04:22:47PM -0300, Alejandro Cabrera Obed wrote:
> I edited the /etc/inetd.conf file adding the following line:
> 
> irc stream tcp wait irc /usr/local/sbin/ircd ircd -i
                      ^^^

> Feb 21 13:17:58 su-wsp inetd[10046]: getpwnam: irc: No such user
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> Do I have to create an "irc" user in server ??? I did it yesterday but I had
> not luck....

Of course you need an user "irc" if you want inetd to start the daemon as
user "irc". Why did you have no luck? What happened?

CU

Eumel

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