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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jason Chang <jason@Miho.Dorm13.NCTU.edu.tw>
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Subject: Re: netd in free(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense.
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On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Jason Chang wrote:

> 
> 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?

The memory allocation library detected what it thinks is an invalid call
to free() memory.  This can be safely ignored.  There is something in
inetd which trips it but I'm not sure what it is.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major