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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!www.wolsi.com!news.aros.net!fluffy.aros.net!angio From: angio@fluffy.aros.net (Dave Andersen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Identd looping? Date: 8 Mar 1996 07:12:58 GMT Organization: ArosNet Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4homlq$lvi@news.aros.net> References: <Dn6KIn.7nA@ritz.mordor.com> <yfgag26q3ky.fsf@time.cdrom.com> <DnD7ry.M0C@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fluffy.aros.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@time.cdrom.com) wrote: : : In article <Dn6KIn.7nA@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) writes: : : : : Is anyone else having problems with in.identd on FreeBSD 2.1R? : : From time to time, I'll see the system load skyrocket and note : : that 10-20 copies of in.identd are looping and chewing up cpu : : : : I've also seen this at another FreeBSD site that uses identd. : : Looks like a bug! To make the thought a bit plicker, it also happens under Linux. It's taken down our linux shell machine before, and was doing so on a regular basis until we disabled identd. I was kinda hoping our FreeBSD boxes wouldn't succumb to it, since we're opening up one for shell accounts now. Anyone have any more information about this? -Dave Andersen -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ (PGP Available) "She totally confused all the passing piranhas"