Read from some doc:
sgi_fam service:
FAM is a file monitoring daemon that detects when files have
changed and then performs some action.
Courier imap doesnt need FAM, so maybe you can disable it.
Read this thread:
http://da.nieltiggemann.de/comp/fedora/logwatch_sgi_fam.html
cheers.
Alejandro Peretta
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Hank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks.
>
> From what I remember, Courier IMAP requires FAM, which requires xinetd,
> which is why I suspected the toaster.
>
> Sure, I can supress the messages, but I'd like to find out why Courier-IMAP
> is generating them, and exactly what process or access is triggering these
> errors.
>
> This box is a web and mail server behind two firewalls, so I don't suspect a
> security hole, but I'd like to eliminate that possibility.
>
> -Hank
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Kristofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Hank wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>> I've been getting the following messages in my /var/log/messages file
>>> for a while now, but I have no idea how to track down exactly what process
>>> is causing them:
>>> **Unmatched Entries**
>>> xinetd[5042]: START: sgi_fam pid=31985 from=<no address>
>>> xinetd[5042]: START: sgi_fam pid=32347 from=<no address>
>>> Sometimes there aren't any, sometimes it is two or three, and sometimes
>>> it could be 30 or 40 messages. My hunch is that it has something to do
>>> with the toaster, but really don't know enough to dig further.
>>> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> This has nothing whatsoever to do with toaster.
>>
>> But you can turn it off easily, just google a bit.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Kristofer
>
>
