[gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[Indi]

Anyone here have leafnode running successfully?
I seem to be stuck, and for some reason google appears to be stuck as
well on this one. Apparently users who want leafnode are about as rare
as hen's teeth...


Output of xinetd -d follows:

idd@gh:[~]$ xinetd -d       
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/chargen-dgram [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=49]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/chargen-stream [file=/etc/xinetd.d/chargen-stream] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/daytime-dgram [file=/etc/xinetd.d/daytime-dgram] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/daytime-stream [file=/etc/xinetd.d/daytime-stream] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/discard-dgram [file=/etc/xinetd.d/discard-dgram] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/discard-stream [file=/etc/xinetd.d/discard-stream] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/echo-dgram [file=/etc/xinetd.d/echo-dgram] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/echo-stream [file=/etc/xinetd.d/echo-stream] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/ftp-sensor [file=/etc/xinetd.d/ftp-sensor] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/leafnode-nntp [file=/etc/xinetd.d/leafnode-nntp] [line=70]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/rsyncd [file=/etc/xinetd.d/rsyncd] [line=13]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/svnserve [file=/etc/xinetd.d/svnserve] [line=10]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/tcpmux-server [file=/etc/xinetd.d/tcpmux-server] [line=14]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/time-dgram [file=/etc/xinetd.d/time-dgram] [line=68]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {handle_includedir} Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/time-stream [file=/etc/xinetd.d/time-stream] [line=67]
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing chargen
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing chargen
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing daytime
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing daytime
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing discard
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing discard
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing echo
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing echo
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing ftp
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing rsync
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing svn
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing tcpmux
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing time
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {remove_disabled_services} removing time
Service defaults
	Instances = 50
	Groups = yes
	umask = 2
	CPS = max conn:50 wait:10
	PER_SOURCE = 10
	Bind = All addresses.
	Only from:  localhost(HOST)
	No access: No blocked sites
	Logging to syslog. Facility = daemon, level = info
	Log_on_success flags = HOST DURATION EXIT PID
	Log_on_failure flags = HOST

Service configuration: nntp
	id = nntp
	flags = IPv4
	socket_type = stream
	Protocol (name,number) = (tcp,6)
	port = 119
	wait = no
	user = 9
	Groups = yes
	umask = 2
	PER_SOURCE = 10
	Bind = All addresses.
	Server = /usr/sbin/leafnode
	Server argv = leafnode
	Only from:  localhost(HOST)
	No access: No blocked sites
	Logging to syslog. Facility = daemon, level = info
	Log_on_success flags = HOST DURATION EXIT PID
	Log_on_failure flags = HOST

11/5/15@10:24:49: ERROR: 3486 {activate_normal} bind failed (Permission denied (errno = 13)). service = nntp
11/5/15@10:24:49: ERROR: 3486 {cnf_start_services} Service nntp failed to start and is deactivated.
11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {cnf_start_services} mask_max = 0, services_started = 0
11/5/15@10:24:49: CRITICAL: 3486 {init_services} no services. Exiting...

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Re: [gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[Adam Carter]

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On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com>wrote:

> Anyone here have leafnode running successfully?
> I seem to be stuck, and for some reason google appears to be stuck as
> well on this one. Apparently users who want leafnode are about as rare
> as hen's teeth...



> <snip>
> 11/5/15@10:24:49: ERROR: 3486 {activate_normal} bind failed (Permission
> denied (errno = 13)). service = nntp
> 11/5/15@10:24:49: ERROR: 3486 {cnf_start_services} Service nntp failed to
> start and is deactivated.
> 11/5/15@10:24:49: DEBUG: 3486 {cnf_start_services} mask_max = 0,
> services_started = 0
> 11/5/15@10:24:49: CRITICAL: 3486 {init_services} no services. Exiting...
>
>
Have you checked there's nothing listening on the port already with netstat?
Are you starting as root?

As a dumb test you could just try "nc -l -p 119" if you have netcat, or just
"/usr/sbin/sshd -p 119" to see if they can open the port. AFAIK SELinux will
need a config tweak to allow the port open if you're using that.

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Re: [gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[James Cloos]

>>>>> "I" == Indi  <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com> writes:

Leafnode works fine here.

I> Output of xinetd -d

Looks fine.

In addition to the other reply's suggestions, does running
/usr/sbin/leafnode from a root shell work?

Have you run fetchnews at least once?

-JimC
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Re: [gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[Indi]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:20:01PM +0200, James Cloos wrote:
> >>>>> "I" == Indi  <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Leafnode works fine here.
> 
> I> Output of xinetd -d
> 
> Looks fine.
> 
> In addition to the other reply's suggestions, does running
> /usr/sbin/leafnode from a root shell work?
> 
> Have you run fetchnews at least once?
> 

Thanks, James. The fetchnews part is the only bit that works.
I got xinetd running (not sure why it kept crashing, but an update 
appears to have fixed that), but never was able to use leafnode, as 
it refuses to allow connections at all of any kind.
Did everything by the book, including the news account and all that but 
just no joy. Firewall lives on a separate machine, so it wasn't that.
Tried everything including removing nearly all security just to see if 
it could work, but nothing. I can connect to various ports for other
purposes (mpd, sshd are fine) but leafnode will not accept connections
no matter what I do. So unless there's a suggestion I haven't already
tried (doubtful, I tend to be thorough as only the obssessive can be) 
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "it doesn't work on this system". 

Since there might be all of four gentoo users actually running leafnode, 
it isn't surprising if it doesn't work on every configuration. 
:)

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Re: [gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[Indi]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:10:02AM +0200, Indi wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:20:01PM +0200, James Cloos wrote:
> > >>>>> "I" == Indi  <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > Leafnode works fine here.
> > 
> > I> Output of xinetd -d
> > 
> > Looks fine.
> > 
> > In addition to the other reply's suggestions, does running
> > /usr/sbin/leafnode from a root shell work?
> > 
> > Have you run fetchnews at least once?
> > 
> 
> Tried everything including removing nearly all security just to see if 
> it could work, but nothing. I can connect to various ports for other
> purposes (mpd, sshd are fine) but leafnode will not accept connections
> no matter what I do. So unless there's a suggestion I haven't already
> tried (doubtful, I tend to be thorough as only the obssessive can be) 
> I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "it doesn't work on this system". 
> 
> Since there might be all of four gentoo users actually running leafnode, 
> it isn't surprising if it doesn't work on every configuration. 
> 

Solved, and apparently it was a PEBKAC error. 
Deleted all related configs and recreated them from scratch and now it
works. My eyesight is quite poor, odds are there was a type-oh in one 
of the configs fouling it up.

Sorry for the noise!

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Re: [gentoo-user] leafnode and xinetd?

[Paul Colquhoun]

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On Wed, 18 May 2011 21:33:58 Indi wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:10:02AM +0200, Indi wrote:
> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:20:01PM +0200, James Cloos wrote:
> > > >>>>> "I" == Indi  <thebeelzebubtrigger@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Leafnode works fine here.
> > > 
> > > I> Output of xinetd -d
> > > 
> > > Looks fine.
> > > 
> > > In addition to the other reply's suggestions, does running
> > > /usr/sbin/leafnode from a root shell work?
> > > 
> > > Have you run fetchnews at least once?
> > 
> > Tried everything including removing nearly all security just to see if
> > it could work, but nothing. I can connect to various ports for other
> > purposes (mpd, sshd are fine) but leafnode will not accept connections
> > no matter what I do. So unless there's a suggestion I haven't already
> > tried (doubtful, I tend to be thorough as only the obssessive can be)
> > I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "it doesn't work on this system".
> > 
> > Since there might be all of four gentoo users actually running leafnode,
> > it isn't surprising if it doesn't work on every configuration.
> 
> Solved, and apparently it was a PEBKAC error.
> Deleted all related configs and recreated them from scratch and now it
> works. My eyesight is quite poor, odds are there was a type-oh in one
> of the configs fouling it up.
> 
> Sorry for the noise!


Good to see you fixed the problem. Just in case you want to upgrade to the 
latest version, I have attached a tar file of my ebuild for leafnode 
2.0.0_alpha20090908 which I have been running for some time with no problems 
on an ~amd64 system.

Just un-tar it under /usr/local/portage/net-nntp  (or wherever you have your 
local portage tree).


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 Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
Then, when you do, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have their shoes.

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