On 23 Feb 2003 21:39:16 -0500
"Thomas E. Dukes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 21:04, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
>
> > I wonder if you blow out the log file and restart the system - it
> > might be easier to track the problem...hate to have huge logfiles
> > with mystical messages pertaining to unknown errors...
>
> I rebooted and the problem has not re-occurred. It must have been
> portsentry. I used an older version found on RH contrib because the
> portsentry site seems to be down. I don't know if it was a bad
> version or what.
>
> Anyway the problem seems to be gone (for now). But what makes me
> wonder is at times I have come home and found the system in
> "harddrive thrashing mode" and can only get it to stop by pulling
> the plug. I don't know if the two are related but it seems
> something is out of sync.
>
If you had configured Portsentry to do a nslookup on any "hits" the
monitored ports, and/or then make entries to iptables /ipchains or
/etc/hosts.deny, there may be a bit of harddrive activity if its
trying to resolve a number of "unknown hosts."
You may want to check your iptables / chains rules or
/etc/hosts.deny files for any "additions" Portsentry may have made.
Just a thought....................
Tom
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