Thanks for the reply. Here are some excerpt from my /var/log/messages (specific IPs and hostnames edited away):
Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname adsl-stop: Killing pppd Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Terminating on signal 15. Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname adsl-stop: Killing adsl-connect Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Connection terminated. Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Connect time 14478.7 minutes. Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Sent 232355821 bytes, received 188383934 bytes. Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppoe[2845]: Session 15888 terminated -- received PADT from peer Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppoe[2845]: Sent PADT Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: tcflush failed: Input/output error Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Connect time 14478.7 minutes. Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Sent 232355821 bytes, received 188383934 bytes. Nov 17 01:27:27 hostname pppd[2825]: Exit. Nov 17 01:28:14 hostname ntpd[3762]: sendto(213.84.172.33): Invalid argument Nov 17 01:28:52 hostname sshd(pam_unix)[9178]: session opened for user someone by (uid=0) Nov 17 01:28:58 hostname su(pam_unix)[9207]: session opened for user root by someone(uid=500) Nov 17 01:29:06 hostname pppd[9291]: pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0 Nov 17 01:29:06 hostname pppd[9291]: Using interface ppp0 Nov 17 01:29:06 hostname pppd[9291]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/2 Nov 17 01:29:06 hostname pppoe[9292]: PPP session is 22644 Nov 17 01:29:08 hostname pppd[9291]: PAP authentication succeeded Nov 17 01:29:08 hostname pppd[9291]: local IP address w.x.y.z Nov 17 01:29:08 hostname pppd[9291]: remote IP address w.x.y.z Nov 17 01:29:08 hostname pppd[9291]: primary DNS address w.x.y.z Nov 17 01:29:08 hostname pppd[9291]: secondary DNS address w.x.y.z Nov 17 01:29:18 hostname ntpd[3762]: sendto(213.84.172.33): Invalid argument And from here on the "sendto" error message happened frequently, and all of them involved the 3 IP addresses I mentioned in my previous post. Any suggestion is welcome! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
