ssh doesn't work from inetd but ok as a daemon

From: some body (mackin_cool@yahoo.com)
Date: 10/15/02 

From: mackin_cool@yahoo.com (some body)
Date: 15 Oct 2002 14:01:19 -0700

I'm hoping someone can help me debug the following problem on a Sun
Solaris server. My version of secure shell is 3.1, (I tried 3.4 but
couldn't get it to work)

I can't get secure shell to work from inetd but it works ok when
running as a daemon. I have secure shell running from inetd on several
other machines so Im not a total rookie. Im using the same version on
all machines and the same configuration. I have tried the following
commands on my localhost, I figured it would eliminate some of the
complexity. To my surprise it does not work on my localhost. As I have
said already it works when running inetd as a standalone daemon
locally and remote. My ideal preference is to run it from inetd. The
"connection refused" message seems to be generated when sshd is not
running so I might guess that sshd it not been started from inetd

# telnet localhost 22
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused

# ssh -v localhost
OpenSSH_3.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090603f
debug1: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not be
trusted.
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: ssh_connect: getuid 0 geteuid 0 anon 1
debug1: Connecting to localhost [::1] port 22.
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 0/1 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 0/1 (e=0)
ssh: connect to address ::1 port 22: Network is unreachable
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22.
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 0/1 (e=0)
debug1: restore_uid
debug1: temporarily_use_uid: 0/1 (e=0)
ssh: connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 22: Connection refused
debug1: restore_uid

The entry in /etc/inet/inetd.conf looks like ..
ssh stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/sshd sshd
-i

I have tried the following in sshd_config but it didnt work
ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
ListenAddress ::

I then tried the following in sshd_config but it didnt work
ListenAddress 10.1.10.51
ListenAddress 127.0.0.1

Any help would be appreciated, I can't afford to spend another 6 hours
on this tomorrow. Thanks in advance.

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