In <1nokgsINN31c@umbc8.umbc.edu> cs635123@umbc.edu writes:

quoted text
> Loopback device init
> WD80x3 ethercard probe at 0x280: my:eth:add 0xd0000, WD8013 found, using IRQ 5.
> ...
> When I run wdsetup program, I get results that are consistant w/
>       the setup above.
> But I can't run any of the net programs (ping, rsh, ftp, etc.).
> I tried recompiling the kernel as stated in
>       Phil Copeland's LINUX NETWORKING FAQ.
> Does it go?  Noooooo...

I run into the same problem (now solved)
Be sure that the permissions of /etc/inet looks like (I had wrong ones
first):

-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         1820 Nov 21 10:32 config*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         2098 Nov 21 10:37 config.c
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           14 Mar  1 19:16 domain
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           25 Jan  8  1992 exports
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         2004 Jan  7 06:35 fingerd*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        41988 Jan  8 09:17 ftpd*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           10 Feb 15 17:14 host
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           23 Mar  1 19:20 host.conf
-rwxr--r--   1 root     root         1027 Jan 10 11:30 hostcvt.build*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     users        1299 Mar  5 01:47 hosts
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13316 Jan  7 06:37 inetd*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          713 Jan  7 06:33 inetd.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root        46358 Nov 28 19:20 lxnet.faq
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        17412 Jan  8  1992 mountd*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           12 Mar  4 05:24 mtab
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        66564 Jan  7 06:38 named*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        12328 Jan  7 06:42 named-xfer*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          698 Jan 10 11:45 named.boot
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          683 Jan  8 12:51 named.boot.in
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          320 Jan 10 11:45 named.hosts
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          232 Jan 10 11:45 named.local
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        97431 Aug  9  1992 named.off*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root            3 Mar  1 19:00 named.pid
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin            97 Jul 23  1992 named.reload*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin           117 Jul 23  1992 named.restart*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          338 Jan 10 11:45 named.rev
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           47 Jan 10 11:45 netlist
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           47 Jan  8 12:51 netlist.in
-rwxr--r--   1 root     root          281 Jan  1  1992 nextserial*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        39684 Dec 29 19:34 nfsd*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         7312 Jan  7 06:55 ntalkd*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         9216 Jan  3 15:30 portmap*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           94 Oct 19 00:00 protocols
-rwxr--r--   1 root     root         1488 Mar  2 02:22 rc.net*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         1036 Nov 29 13:02 rc.net.orig
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           45 Mar  1 19:14 resolv.conf
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13316 Jan  7 06:47 rlogind*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          710 Sep 21 03:55 rpc
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        13312 Jan  3 15:30 rpcinfo*
-rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root        17412 Jan  8 09:20 rshd*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root         9749 Sep  2  1992 services
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          195 Jan 10 11:45 soabasefile
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          164 Jan 10 11:45 soabasefile.in
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          236 Nov 28 17:16 softland
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        29700 Jan  7 06:57 telnetd*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         5300 Jan  7 07:00 tftpd*
drwx--x--x   2 root     root          104 Mar  4 19:09 transfer/


and you need a link from /etc/services to /etc/inet/services


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