Originally posted by: enmanasu

Hi All,

I am seeing below strange error while inittab is getting processed for each line on my old AIX 5.2 box ( I know its out of support , but still being used for legacy apps for my client)..

Sep 15 03:26:00 wmsuat syslogd: restart
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind @(#)49 for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind IBM_PROLOG_BEGIN_TAG for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind This for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind bos52F for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind Licensed for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind (C) for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind All for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind US for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind disclosure for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind IBM_PROLOG_END_TAG for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind COMPONENT_NAME: for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind ORIGINS: for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind (C) for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind All for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind Licensed for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind US for service :, skipping
Sep 15 03:26:06 wmsuat inetd[23528]: unknown kind disclosure for service :, skipping

I compared into other similar box., but didn't see anything wrong with /etc/inittab...any idea what is causing this error..?

Please reply..

Shan

Originally posted by: Wouter Liefting

I don't think it's your /etc/inittab but rather the /etc/inetd.conf file. At a first glance, it looks like someone took out all the hash symbols ('#') so the copyright notice is now being interpreted as configuration lines.

If it's not your /etc/inetd.conf file you might also want to take a look at /etc/services, which defines the port numbers, and is used by inetd as well.