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From: borki@rb.xs.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter)
Subject: Re: Kernel messages
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 97 23:28:34 CET
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>> Brian Somers
>> 25.03.1997


> > FreeBSD 2.2            : /kernel: ed0: promiscuous mode enabled
> >                          /kernel: ed1: promiscuous mode enabled
> 
> Your network card has been put into promiscuous mode - ie it's
> listening for all packets on the network.  This is probably
> because you're using the BPF or some such.

Yes, you're right, whenever I start trafshow, this message
is printed on the console.

> > When using NNTP:         nntpd[pid]: nlist of /vmunix failed: No such
> >                          file or directory
> 
> Sounds like a bad compile of NNTP (I've never used it, so I don't
> know much about it).  Have you "used the port" ?

As far as I remember, I used the package.
I might download the port and recompile it.


Reto