Hi Gang! I have a script in /etc/cron.daily that runs
iptables -L -v -x -Z|other|stuff|mail root -s "netfilter report" The first command takes so long to put out its output that cron (actually anacron I guess) seems to time out and mails me the report: /etc/cron.daily/stuff: Null message body; hope that's ok iptables: Resource temporarily unavailable Running iptables -L by hand, I see that it's very slow. It takes a minute or two to read out the FORWARD chain in particular. Even without the -v argument! The questions: -- Is that normal behavior for iptables? Or is there something I can do to speed it up? -- Is there an easy way to make cron (or anacron) wait five minutes for the output before giving up? -- Is there anything to be gained by removing anacron and using only cron? The system runs 24/7. This is a potato/bunk system, kernel 2.4.9, with the netfilter stuff compiled as modules. Anticipatory gratitudes, Tony -- -- Tony Crawford -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +49-3341-30 99 99 --
