From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 08:36:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6896316A4DD for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:36:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tequnix@frogmi.net) Received: from mail.callooh.com (chello062178170039.13.14.vie.surfer.at [62.178.170.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B472043D46 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:36:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tequnix@frogmi.net) Received: from jadzia.intern.creative.co.at (fw2.creative.co.at [193.81.98.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by lyekka.home.callooh.com (8.13.8/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k87ETeSa066484 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:29:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tequnix@frogmi.net) Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:29:40 +0200 From: tequnix@frogmi.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060907162940.7aa65884@jadzia.intern.creative.co.at> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.4.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/1816/Thu Sep 7 04:29:36 2006 on lyekka.home.callooh.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.5 (2006-08-29) on lyekka.home.callooh.com X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (lyekka.home.callooh.com [62.178.170.39]); Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:29:54 +0200 (CEST) Subject: what means: sockstat: sysctl(): No such process X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:36:34 -0000 hallo list while running [ $(sockstat | grep -c saslauthd) -gt 90 ] && /usr/local/etc/rc.d/saslauthd restart via cron (/etc/crontab, as root) (why i do this is of no importance for this question), i get from time to time - about 3-4 times a day, cronjob runs every 11 minutes - the message: sockstat: sysctl(): No such process i do not understand why i get this only sometimes, and what this exactly means. i hope someone can help me and explain this behaviour thanks, reinhard -- What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -- Ursula K. LeGuin