[olug] inet

[Vincent]

mesc wrote:
> 
> Ever since I turned  off the  50inet script at bootup I haven't been
> able to connect to an irc server.is this because that script is also
> known as inetd,is so is there a way to keep this turned off and still be
> able to irc?,or do I just have to live w/o irc?Also I'm trying to use a
> GUI program called merlin to use with tripwire to check my file
> integrity but I keep getting this error>>  Merlin is starting up....
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> Error: Can't open display: :0.0.....this happened to me before and I got
> it to connect to X with a command something like xhost+....could someone
> please remind me  of the proper command? :)
> 
>                 Thank you,Gary Martin
> 
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You need in.identd (aka auth) running for irc.

 put your inet script back in place and uncomment all unnecessary lines
from /etc/inetd.conf except auth.

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