Re: tracking down the cause of an entry in syslog?
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:30:29PM -0400, Paul Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been getting an irritating recurring syslog entry that I'd like to
> track down and stifle, but I'm at a loss as to discover what process is
> causing the entry.
>
> The entry is (from logcheck output) this:
>
> Jun 22 16:02:02 ICMP message type destination unreachable - bad port from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1->127.0.0.1)
> Jun 22 16:12:37 ICMP message type destination unreachable - bad port from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1->127.0.0.1)
> Jun 22 16:12:38 ICMP message type destination unreachable - bad port from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1->127.0.0.1)
>
> sorry about the no wrap on the quote.
>
> There are no other events being logged at identical times, or at similar
> times with identical frequencies in any of my logs.
>
> Does anyone have advice on how to track down the cause?
Using fetchmail by chance? Annoying isn't it.
> How can I log (or discover) which port is being sought?
None apparently. That's probably the problem...
> Is there any way to do this without un-installing individual packages
> until the entry ceases to be made?
Stop fetchmail and see if they disappear ;)
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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