[netflow-tools] Flowd error

[Jason Dixon]

On May 24, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Rozen wrote:

> Thank you for this quick answer, but there is a new problem; I don't  
> understand what file does it want  when I do flowd in debugging mode ?
>
>
> ---------------------terminal-----------------------------------------
> rozen at 2727[rozen]# flowd -d
>
> read_config: entering
> child_get_config: entering
> recv_config: entering fd = 3
> recv_config: ready to receive config
> send_config: entering fd = 4
> send_config: done
> child_get_config: child config done
> Listener for [127.0.0.1]:12345 fd = 3
> privsep_init: entering
> chdir(no): No such file or directory
> privsep_master: child exited
> child exited with status 1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------

No clue.  I would look to make sure that you have a valid entry for  
_flowd in your /etc/passwd and that /var/empty exists.  It looks like  
it's trying to privsep to the _flowd user and failing.

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