Slow Ftp access problem.

[raiden]

In one of our PA-Risc box we are facing a problem with slow ftp access. It seems that for every action some delay is present like deleting 20 files takes 100 seconds, opening a directory takes some 10 secs etc.

This is not the first time such incident occurred. Last time also we have faced the similar issue. At that time the issue was resolved by restarting the syslogd daemon and everthing worked fine. This time also after restarting syslogd it works fine. Now we have to present the root cause to the customer but we are unable to find the exact cause for this Issue.I have checked the syslog and ftp log but couldnt find anything specific to know the exact cause of problem.. we would appreciate if sumone could help us to find the cause for this Issue.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The root cause is probably a memory leak in the syslogd or other daemon.

Such problems are avoided by keeping the system up to date on patching.

There are several philosophies on patching. 1 is get the on patch that deals with your specific issue and install that. Or you could try a general strategy of bi-annual updates and install them.

Years ago I worked in a "If its not broke don't fix(patch) it" shop. We had a lot of production problems and issues like this.

When I became a systems administrator, I adopted an aggressive installation program for not only bi-annual patch sets but other patches that might avoid problems with Oracle.

Downtime and production problems were cut dramatically.

SEP

[Jeeshan]

HI

hmmmm, for this you may first check the duplext settings of your lan interface.

For speed settings, you will need to configure your /etc/rc.config.d/hpconf file.

Before that, first check the lan interface duplex interfcae settings.

#lanadmin -x ppa#

[Anshumali]

I will go with SEP.
Ahsan: It appears to be an issue with syslogd as restarting it, solves the issue.
Raiden: Are there any FCS errors on the lan cards... to be clear about duplex issues.

[Rasheed Tamton]

grep ftp /etc/inetd.conf

if ftpd is enabled for logging on to syslog file (ftpd -l) remove the -l from the inetd.conf and restart the inetd daemon.