Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:06:46 -0500 From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslogd not draining Message-ID: <20060327190646.GA58824@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20060327224826.U89207@mp2.macomnet.net> References: <20060327160130.GA57689@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20F3E06D-5727-4531-A81B-DF64765D1564@SARENET.ES> <20060327173841.GA58274@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20060327214209.U87890@mp2.macomnet.net> <20060327181501.GA58448@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20060327222836.J89207@mp2.macomnet.net> <20060327184643.GA58674@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20060327224826.U89207@mp2.macomnet.net>
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 10:59:16PM +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > [...] > > > ~100 datagrams per second, not a lot. Perhaps they are huge. > > > > Not that I've noticed. It's syslogd, DHCP, DNS, and flow-capture > > from a variety of devices, all generally small packets. > > I know nothing about your netflow setup but it can generate a > huge amount of udp traffic. Check 'pkts' and 'lost' fields in > /var/log/flow-capture. > > > > > > How much cpu time does syslogd use? > > > > > > > > Not much. ps -ax | grep syslog gives: > > > > > > > > 4317 ?? Ss 0:01.60 /usr/sbin/syslogd -l /var/run/log -l > > > > /var/named/var/run/log > > > > > > Try to remove a log socket for named and restart syslogd. > > > > Removed the named socket and restarted. We'll see what happens. > [...] > > Can you check there is nothing from syslogd on the serial console? I changed that this morning in response to an earlier suggestion. To be sure, I just ran: logger -p local0.err "test message" and got a message in /var/log/console.log, nothing on the serial console. BTW, running syslogd with -n seems to help the problem -- not cure it, mind you, but reduces its severity. ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequitur
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