"Martian Source" Errors in Messages File Causing Disk Space Shortage

Asset ID:	1-72-2244786.1
Update Date:	2017-05-04
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Solution 2244786.1 : "Martian Source" Errors in Messages File Causing Disk Space Shortage

Applies to:

Oracle Communications EAGLE (Hardware) - Version EPAP 12.x and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Messages file filling up due to 'martian' errors

Cause

not determined

Solution

The fix to disable it temporarily, until next reboot, is to do the following:

echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/log_martians
echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/default/log_martians

To stop the logging on a permanent basis, edit the /etc/sysctl.conf file and add the following lines and then restart the server:

net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 0
net.ipv4.conf.eth0.log_martians = 0
net.ipv4.conf.eth1.log_martians = 0
net.ipv4.conf.eth2.log_martians = 0
net.ipv4.conf.eth3.log_martians = 0
net.ipv4.conf.eth4.log_martians = 0

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