[Dxspider-support] Redhat 7.2 installation

[Dirk Koopman]

Thank you for that Bill.

I suppose you were compiling in the ax25 stuff? 

Dirk G1TLH 

On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 03:32, Bill Shell wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I just recently completed my first installation of DXSpider 1.49 on a Redhat
> 7.2 system.  From beginning a new OS load to DXSpider starting only took
> about 6 hours.  A lot of that time was spent compiling the kernel twice on a
> 100 MHz Pentium.  I forgot to include the 3com Ethernet card on the first
> compile.  Oops.
> 
> I found it very easy to gather all of the perl module files and install
> DXSpider.      It worked on the first try.
> 
> I did find one area I believe is not covered in the installation or
> administration manuals.  So, I just wanted to pass along the following
> information.
> 
> Paragraph 3.2 in the installation manual explains how to install a telnet
> port if you are using inetd and have a /etc/inetd.conf file.  If you are
> using xinet.d on RH 7.2 the /etc/services information is still correct, but
> you will need to create a new file /etc/xinet.d/spdlogin.  The contents of
> the file I used follows:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> #
> # /etc/xinetd.d/spdlogin
> #
> # default: on
> # description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
> # unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
> service spdlogin
> {
>       flags             = NODELAY
>       socket_type       = stream
>       protocol          = tcp
>       wait              = no
>       user              = root
>       server            = /spider/src/client
>       server_args       = login telnet
>       log_on_failure    += USERID
>       disable           = no
> }
> #     type              = UNLISTED
> #     port              = 8000
> #
> # End of spdlogin
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm sorry for the bandwidth if this is a repeat of previously posted
> information, but I wasn't able to find it.
> 
> 73, Bill
> N6WS
> 
> 
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