[netflow-tools] Flowd error

Rozen bastien.rozenzwejg at enstimac.fr
Wed May 25 00:24:52 EST 2005


Jason Dixon wrote:

> On May 24, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Rozen wrote:
>
>> So, It can be that I have not well created my _flowd user;
>> In my /etc/passwd, the _flowd entry is :
>> _flowd:*:1010:1010:User &:no:/usr/sbin/nologin
>>
>> and /var/empty exists.
>> What parameters for _flowd in adduser ?
>
>
> # grep flow /etc/passwd
> _flowd:*:77:77:flowd privsep:/var/empty:/sbin/nologin
>
> # ls -l /var/ | grep empty
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root    wheel      512 Mar 29  2004 empty
>
>
> -- 
> Jason Dixon
> DixonGroup Consulting
> http://www.dixongroup.net
>
>
>
I've set up as you my user, and my directory... and it doesn't work !!   
I  have theses messages:

----------------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
Listener for [::1]:12345 fd = 4
privsep_init: entering
init_pfd: entering (num_fds = 0)
init_pfd: done (num_fds = 3)
client_open_log: entering
answer_open_log: entering
answer_open_log: open: Is a directory
rozen at 2727[rozen]# receive_fd: recvmsg: expected received 1 got 0

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