Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 13:28:48 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Kondie <kondwani@malawi.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dmesg Message-ID: <20000909132848.T69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <000801c01992$3507d800$8da894d0@galaxy>; from kondwani@malawi.net on Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 02:41:55PM %2B0200 References: <000801c01992$3507d800$8da894d0@galaxy>
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On Fri, Sep 08, 2000 at 02:41:55PM +0200, Kondie wrote: > Help. > > I am a newbie to Unix sys adm. I took a look at my dmesg.yesterday file and found the following lines: > > : 208.148.169.47 moved from 00:c0:7b:6d:68:10 to 00:c0:7b:6c:dd:aa > arp: 208.148.169.180 moved from 00:c0:7b:6c:dd:aa to 00:c0:7b:6d:68:10 > arp: 208.148.169.96 moved from 00:c0:7b:6d:68:10 to 00:c0:7b:6c:dd:aa > file: table is full > file: table is full > file: table is full > > The lines continued with "file: table is full". > > I do not understand what is happening at all with both the "moved from" line and the "table full" lines. > Can anybody assist? The ARP messages are telling you that the IP address listed moved from one hardware address (MAC) to another. This usually indicates the IP address moved from one machine to another in a short time. It looks like two machines were playing tag with a couple of IPs. The full file table means you have too many open files on your system. This often indicates a runaway process. Find the process, kill it, figure out how to prevent it from happening again. It also could be an overloaded system. You then need to reconfigure the system to have a larger file table. Hmmm... I believe the file table is one of the things the 'maxusers' line in the kernel configuration helps control. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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