Kernel Error

[maayanay]

Hi,

my monitor server is Fedora 10 with ZenOSS monitroing server installed on it.
the hardware is Virtual machine running on ESXi 4.0 (HP DL380 G5)

every 10 sec i get a kernel error:

Jan 28 21:13:07 ZenOSS kernel: type=1400 audit(1264713187.014:489): avc: denied { name_connect } for pid=16300 comm="snmptrapd" dest=705 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:snmpd_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:hi_reserved_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_so

if i stop the snmptrapd service this error stops.

what is this error indicats? i'm not able to understant the meaning of this error.



10x!

[Rubberman]

Don't know specifically, but it appears something to do with SNMP. Do you stop the snmptrapd service on the host or client OS?

[maayanay]

Don't know specifically, but it appears something to do with SNMP. Do you stop the snmptrapd service on the host or client OS?

it says "snmptrapd" so i know it is related to the snmptrapd service.

I stopped the service on my Fedora 10 server and errors stop but it is not a solution.

I don't understand what do you mean when you say client or server

[Rubberman]

Well, you say you are using a virtual machine. Is the error occuring on the client VM, or on the host OS? Which snmptrapd service did you stop, one on the client VM, or on the host OS?

[maayanay]

I'm running Fedora 10 as a virtual machine on a virtual host (ESXi).
the error is in the Fedora 10 virtual machine.

the virtual host (ESXi - hypervisor layer) has no problem.

all the configuration and changes I do is on the Fedora virtual machine.

i explained that this is a virtual machine just so you will know what is the environment i use, but for this case it is the same as physical server.

10x!

[Rubberman]

Perhaps there is something in the way that ESX is set up that causes this problem, or it doesn't support snmp traps? That's where I'd look next.

[maayanay]

Perhaps there is something in the way that ESX is set up that causes this problem, or it doesn't support snmp traps? That's where I'd look next.

the ESXi (in it's free version) does not support SNMP.

i don't know if you familiar with virtualization but the ESXi Host has no effact on the guest machine in it.

if service is stopped at the ESXi (like snmp) it is not affecting the services for the guest machine.

as i said for this scenario it does not matter if it virtual or physical.

more important is how to read the kernel error and how i troubleshoot this issue.