From: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:01:50 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: README: Added a note about collectd and chkrootkit.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.1.3~8
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1c9b59fa7f59cc027d09494102977063c6330d88;p=collectd.git

README: Added a note about collectd and chkrootkit.

chkrootkit reports collectd as a packet sniffer, which most probably is a
false positive if using the "dns" plugin.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Harl <sh@tokkee.org>
Signed-off-by: Florian Forster <octo@huhu.verplant.org>
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 57ae4550..f1d78600 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -236,6 +236,17 @@ Operation
     the values and read the rrdtool(1) manpage thoroughly.
 
 
+collectd and chkrootkit
+-----------------------
+
+  If you are using the `dns' plugin chkrootkit(1) will report collectd as a
+  packet sniffer ("<iface>: PACKET SNIFFER(/usr/sbin/collectd[<pid>])"). The
+  plugin captures all UDP packets on port 53 to analyze the DNS traffic. In
+  this case, collectd is a legitimate sniffer and the report should be
+  considered to be a false positive. However, you might want to check that
+  this really is collectd and not some other, illegitimate sniffer.
+
+
 Prerequisites
 -------------