Gary Q wrote:
> Sep 27 10:58:53 fax1 xinetd[800]: Deactivating service shell due to
> excessive in
> coming connections. Restarting in 30 seconds.
>
> I am running rcp commands (about 12) to the server when that error
> occurs. When do I have to tune in the kernel to fix it?

What makes you think you need to tune the kernel? The message is
originating from xinetd by the looks of it. So check your
/etc/xinetd.conf file to see what's in the shell service section. In
particular, look for "instances", "per_source", "cps" and other options
that pertain to the maximum number of connections. See 'man 5
xinetd.conf' for more information.