The xinetd.d config file for hotwayd 0.7.1 (/etc/xinetd.d/hotwayd) is broken after initial emerge. Type needs to be set to UNLISTED and server_args need to be commented out (the initial file out of the package has server_args set to -s and there is no -s option to hotwayd). I'd imagine that you might want the disable option to remain to force users to explicitly enable the service. Symptoms of 'type' problem: # after removing the disabled option... null0 root # egrep -v "^#" /etc/xinetd.d/hotwayd service hotwayd { only_from = localhost socket_type = stream wait = no user = nobody port = 110 server = /usr/sbin/hotwayd server_args = -s log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID } null0 root # grep "hotwayd/tcp" /var/log/messages Jun 20 18:41:13 null0 xinetd[23033]: service/protocol combination not in /etc/services: hotwayd/tcp To fix, add a line that says type = UNLISTED: null0 root # egrep -v "^#" /etc/xinetd.d/hotwayd service hotwayd { type = UNLISTED only_from = localhost socket_type = stream wait = no user = nobody port = 110 server = /usr/sbin/hotwayd server_args = -s log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID } Second problem, server_args: # after the above problem has been resolved... null0 root # telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. hotwayd: invalid option -- s Usage: hotwayd [options and arguments] -h print usage page -l <loglevel> specify the logging level (0-2) -p [proxy:port] specify proxy -u [username] specify proxy username -q [password] specify proxy password Example: hotwayd -p http://proxy:8080 -u dave -q proxypass Note: proxy can be specified without a username or password Connection closed by foreign host. This happens because of the 'server_flags = -s' line. Removing server_args fixes the problem: null0 root # egrep -v "^#" /etc/xinetd.d/hotwayd service hotwayd { type = UNLISTED only_from = localhost socket_type = stream wait = no user = nobody port = 110 server = /usr/sbin/hotwayd log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID } null0 root # killall -HUP xinetd null0 root # telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK POP3 hotwayd v0.7.1 -> The POP3-HTTPMail Gateway. Server on null0 active. QUIT +OK see you later! Connection closed by foreign host. Thanks!
I was a bit too quick to submit a bug on this. There are instructions that resolve the problems described. Sorry about that.
