http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5218
Product: initscripts
Component: program
Summary: log_martians : please set to 0 instead of 1 to avoid
meaningless martian source logs
Product: initscripts
Version: 7.06-20mdk
Platform: PC
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: program
AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At installing Mandrake 9.2rc1, I chose SECURE_LEVEL=2 ("�lev�e") which appears
in my /etc/sysconfig/msec.
Unfortunately, the file has changed compared to Mandrake 9.1
There was :
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=0
net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=0
Now there is :
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1
I don't care for rp_filter for the moment (I've read a doc explaining it there
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue77/lechnyr.html ) but log_martians has a nasty
side effect on the eagle-usb driver for my Sagem Fast800 to access my ISP
freeadsl : it pollutes my /var/log/messages with many lines
Sep 2 23:03:54 BenAthlux kernel: martian source 82.65.237.156 from 127.0.0.1,
on dev ppp0
Sep 2 23:03:54 BenAthlux kernel: ll header: 45:00:00:28:0b:ea:00:00
Those lines are meaningless (coming from loopback, from no identified mac
address as it keeps changing) and may frighten the noobie (and me BTW).
>From 9 posts out of 10 on the subject that I googled, people ended turning off
this feature from out of space (like Z series: funny when you know what to
expect, boring otherwise... ever seen Ed Wood's ?)
That's confusing to put it there as it keeps reappearing after each reboot (the
only hint to turn it off I found was
echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians
which is clearly not suficient... Not that many noobies are going to become
network experts, this message is only understandable with a strong explanation.
BTW if you've have any idea how those packets can be produced... well... tell
the developper, it will help ! (that's for package adiusbadsl)
well that is with initscripts-7.06-19mdk but may still exist with 7.06-20mdk ?
Please ensure that it will not reappear in rc3 and release. keep
net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=0 thanks.
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