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From: Ian Pallfreeman <ip@tharg.eu.org>
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Subject: Re: netd in free(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense.
In-Reply-To: <199710040200.KAA05740@Miho.Dorm13.NCTU.edu.tw> from Jason Chang at "Oct 4, 97 10:00:19 am"
To: jason@Miho.Dorm13.NCTU.edu.tw (Jason Chang)
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 17:56:41 +0100 (BST)
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> Recenly, there often shows
> "netd in free(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense."
> when I try to telnet/rlogin my freebsd box. Would someone please tell me
> what is the reason of this message?

If that's "inetd in free()", this happens when you're out of swap space. I
get it often when some jerk fires of heaps of nntp daemons on the news box.

Ian.