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Old 09-23-2013
Biff service not defined in /etc/services
Hello all. I am getting this error on my mail log file at /app/syslog in AIX.

Sep 23 07:12:06 teamaix mail:info bellmail[430308]: biff service is not defined
in /etc/services

=========================================================
Here is what I have for the settings:

teamaix(root): / -> biff
is y
teamaix(root): / -> mesg
is y
teamaix(root): / -> cat .login
biff y
teamaix(root): / -> cat .profile
biff y
teamaix(root): / -> grep biff /etc/services
biff 512/udp comsat # used by mail system to notify users

teamaix(root): / -> grep comsat /etc/inetd.conf
comsat dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/comsat comsat

Can somebody tell me how to fix this error? Thanks
Last edited by Scott; 09-23-2013 at 08:52 PM.. Reason: Double post. Closed.
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biff

biff(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  biff(1B)

NAME

       biff - give notice of incoming mail messages

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/biff [y | n]

DESCRIPTION

       biff  turns  mail notification on or off for the terminal session. With no arguments, biff displays the current notification status for the
       terminal.

       If notification is allowed, the terminal rings the bell and displays the header and the first few lines of each arriving mail message. biff
       operates asynchronously. For synchronized notices, use the MAIL variable of sh(1) or the mail variable of csh(1).

       A `biff y' command can be included in your ~/.login or ~/.profile file for execution when you log in.

OPTIONS

       y    Allow mail notification for the terminal.

       n    Disable notification for the terminal.

FILES

       ~/.login      User's login file

       ~/.profile    User's profile file

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       csh(1), mail(1), sh(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							  biff(1B)