SAP Note 21790 - WINDOWS NT: Problems with NOTEPAD.EXE

Symptom:

The message server or the dispatcher have an error in NiLists in the trace files.

Example of dev_ms: ***LOG Q0I NiPServToNO: getservbyname [ninti.c. .....
***LOG Q0A NiIServToNo, NiPServToNo ( sapms ) [nixxi.c ....
*** ERROR => MsSCommInit: NiListen (rc=-3) [msxxserv .....

The service not found is the last one in the etc/services file

OR

Not all processes of an application server are started.
disp+work does not start, neither a dev_disp nor a stderrX file is created for disp+work. The process is normally the last entry in the profile START__
Before Release 3.0C, the profile is called START_. Additional key words

startsap, startsap.trc, Service Manager, start-up profiles

Cause and prerequisites

See also note 16338.
The entries in etc/services were made manually with Notepad or a similar editor which does not automatically insert a line feed in the last line. The last service entry can not be read.

Solution
With Notepad, insert a Return afer the last line.
If the problem occurs in the start-up profile, R/3 on the affected application server and the service SAP_ must be restarted after making the change.