i had to to the same to get identd working ..not sure why ..

let me know what u find out if its not posted to the list

nate


On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Brian White wrote:

bcwhit >I installed the new telnetd (v0.14-8) in an upgrade from Slink, but 
every
bcwhit >connection attempt failed until I modified /etc/inetd.conf to say 
"root.root"
bcwhit >instead of "telnetd.telnetd".
bcwhit >
bcwhit >The user and group telnetd exist, and telnetd belongs to the utmp group.
bcwhit >Is there something else that needs to be set?  There doesn't seem to be
bcwhit >any mention of this in the telnetd manpage, nor is there any other
bcwhit >documentation.
bcwhit >
bcwhit >Any ideas?  Thanks!
bcwhit >
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