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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!NEWS!not-for-mail From: mury@goldengate.net (Mury) Subject: Processes that die (inetd) Message-ID: <61c7cc$142813.32f@NEWS> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 03:47:24 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Lines: 8 My users have been unable to get pop mail, and log in to the shell. I found that inetd had died. Is there a known reason why this happens? Does anyone have a script that cron executes that checks common daemons to make sure they are still breathing, and restart them if they've quit?