When installing SWAT no connection to localhost:901 possible

[casualprogrammer]

After installing SWAT ( apt-get install swat ) and editing the file /etc/inetd.conf "unable to connect" on localhost:901 or 127.0.0.1:901 occur.

Reason: neither inetd nor xinetd are installed.

There should be a dependency-check for the SWAT package, so that either inetd or xinetd get installed with it and configured properly. (preferably xinetd)

This is affecting:
cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake" Development Branch \n \l
uname -a
Linux WORKSTATION3U6 2.6.15-20-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 4 18:37:00 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

[Frank Niedermann (fbn)]

I have the same issue, confirmed the bug report

[Brandon Holtsclaw (imbrandon)]

confermed on a clean install and apt-get dist-upgrade

[olavl (olavl)]

Just confirming the bug.

[Mark Robinson (launchpad-zl2tod)]

When addressing this bug it may be worth considering adding a
    "Recommends: inetutils-inetd|xinetd" (can't trust that syntax)
to samba too as it puts the following line into /etc/inetd.conf when no inetd is installed:

#<off># netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/smbd

Please note also the file in duplicate bug #50642 which may be worth including in the package for those who elect to use xinetd instead of inetutils-inetd.

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

This already been added for hardy.

Thanks
chuck