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- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!csv.warwick.ac.UK!cudcv
- From: cudcv@csv.warwick.ac.UK (Rob McMahon)
- Subject: finger-1.35 - locks up
- Message-ID: <16383.199209071419@thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
- Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
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- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:19:13 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- finger-1.35 / Sun4 / SunOS-4.1.2 / gcc-2.2.2 -O2
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- Fingerd seems to quickly lock up. (In fact it appears it only checks other
- hosts on the network when I send it a `HUP'.) Then you start getting the
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- /usr/local/etc/fingerdir/hostdata: file has not changed in 0:10:38
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- message. An `strace' of the daemon gives the last few system calls as
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- open("/usr/local/etc/fingerdir/clients".., WRONLY|CREAT|TRUNC, 666) = 3
- write(3, "bramble.csv.warwick.ac.uk\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- write(3, "clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- write(3, "lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk\00.0)\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- write(3, "limpid.csv.warwick.ac.uk\0on\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- write(3, "orchid.csv.warwick.ac.uk\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- write(3, "shark.csv.warwick.ac.uk\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- write(3, "thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk\0\0\0\0\0\0\0".., 84) = 84
- close(3) = 0
- sigcleanup() = 0
- sigpause(0
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- A `finger .clients' gives
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- /usr/local/etc/fingerdir/clientstatus: file has not changed in 0:13:24
- There are 7 clients served by orchid.
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- Hostname Address Status Idle Time
- bramble.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.192.10 up(3 users)
- clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.192.6 up(47 users)
- lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.192.7 up(18 users)
- limpid.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.193.194 idle(5 users) 2 days, 21:41:52
- orchid.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.192.5 idle(5 users) 0:03:24
- shark.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.193.193 up(4 users)
- thistle.csv.warwick.ac.uk 137.205.128.4 idle(3 users) 0:07:24
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- Any ideas ?
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- Cheers,
-
- Rob
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