Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:15:52 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Max Booth <max@ukonline.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inetd problems Message-ID: <199904121616.JAA00600@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:17:47 BST." <37120E9B.1AE1FD8D@ukonline.net>
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In message <37120E9B.1AE1FD8D@ukonline.net>, Max Booth writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Reciently, since the load on one of our FreeBSD 3.0 systems has been
> increasing I keep on getting the following errors when attempting
> connections to the system:
>
> Escape character is '^]'.
> inetd in realloc(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense.
> inetd in free(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> The only thing using inetd now is telnetd, so I can't emagine that it's
> due to inetd being under too much preassure.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
You're short of memory. Do a vmstat 5. If you see scan rates >
200-300 pages per second over a long period of time or scan rates >
5000 pages per second over a 20 second period of time, or if you
experience pageout rates of >7-10 pages per second you need more
RAM.
See my comments from "Re: CRON in malloc(): warning: pointer to
wrong page" Mon, 12 Apr 1999 06:54:00 for the long story.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca
Province of BC
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