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Date:      Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:59:16 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To:        "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: syslogd not draining
Message-ID:  <20060327224826.U89207@mp2.macomnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060327184643.GA58674@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
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> > ~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?

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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