Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: firewalling/bridging and proc tables | Date | Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:29:38 +0200 (MET DST) | From | "Carsten Paeth" <> |
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> > System Development writes: > > > Also, why do certain utilities that rely on the data obtained from the > > /proc filesystem seem to hang up when I try to get a listing? Like, > > route and in particular ipfwadm -F -l or ipfwadm -M -l. > > I have run Linux-2.0.0, 2.0.3, and now 2.0.6, and I do not experience > any Hanging. Have you upgraded to the latest procps? > > Regards, > > -- > Paul Matthews > McLean, VA > e-mail: paul@matthews.com >
The tools are using DNS to provide names on output. The 'hang' is not related to the proc filesystem, but to DNS. My tip: Setup a local named as secondary for all zones you are using with ipfwadm or route (especially the ...in-addr.arpa zones)
calle -- calle@calle.in-berlin.de
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