https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236493
Bug ID: 236493
Summary: netstat output is misleading when -W is not used
Product: Base System
Version: 11.2-RELEASE
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: b...@freebsd.org
Reporter: dan...@dan42.com
I was using netstat to troubleshoot some issues and got the following output:
# netstat -AanL
Current listen queue sizes (qlen/incqlen/maxqlen)
Tcpcb Proto Listen Local Address
fffff8003b86d410 tcp4 0/0/128 192.168.255.37.420
fffff800bddcd000 tcp4 0/0/128 192.168.255.37.420
fffff8015eaf1820 tcp4 0/0/128 *.80
fffff8004d87d000 tcp4 0/0/10 127.0.0.1.25
fffff8004d87d410 tcp4 0/0/128 *.22
fffff8004d87d820 tcp6 0/0/128 *.22
fffff8004d633000 tcp4 0/0/128 192.168.255.37.112
So I wasted hours looking for something on 192.168.255.37:420 when in fact it
was just truncated:
# netstat -AanLW
Current listen queue sizes (qlen/incqlen/maxqlen)
Tcpcb Proto Listen Local Address
fffff8003b86d410 tcp4 0/0/128 192.168.255.37.4201
fffff800bddcd000 tcp4 0/0/128 192.168.255.37.4200
fffff8015eaf1820 tcp4 0/0/128 *.80
fffff8004d87d000 tcp4 0/0/10 127.0.0.1.25
fffff8004d87d410 tcp4 0/0/128 *.22
fffff8004d87d820 tcp6 0/0/128 *.22
fffff8004d633000 tcp4 0/0/128 192.168.255.37.11211
I can understand truncating a symbolic name, but truncating the port number
like that (without any indication it was truncated) is *very* misleading. Same
thing I imagine if you truncate an IP address (4 or 6) in a way that makes it
look like the truncated data is a valid IP address.
Please either
a) never truncate numeric addresses and port numbers (-n implies -W)
b) indicate when a field is truncated (ex: 192.168.255.37.11* or
192.168.255*.11211)
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