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      astellar
      last edited by

      Version 1.0.1
      built on Sun Oct 29 01:13:05 UTC 2006

      50%+ swap usage.

      ps -afxu gives me the following line:
      root    292  0.0 69.5 483700 358272 con- DL  26Apr07 2648:58.64 /usr/sbin/tcpdump -l -n -e -ttt -i pflog0

      350Mb+ or 75% memory used by tcpdump.
      How can i fix this?

      Thanks!

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        Perry
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        The same after a reboot?

        /Perry
        doc.pfsense.org

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