On Sunday 17 May 2020 12:51:00 David Wright wrote: > On Sun 17 May 2020 at 09:34:42 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 17 May 2020 06:25:20 Reco wrote: > > > On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 01:04:23PM +0300, aprekates wrote: > > > > In Buster lsof wont report anything > > > > > > > > $ sudo lsof > > > > lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse file system /run/user/1000/doc > > > > Output information may be incomplete. > > > > > > Most likely this fuse filesystem was not mounted with > > > "allow_other" option. Its contents is inaccessble to root, hence > > > lsof behaviour is expected. > > > > > > Do you really need "*sudo* lsof"? Ordinary lsof will do its job > > > just fine as long as it's your user's processes that you're > > > interested in. > > So is this a case where some helpful software, like a DE, has unset > that option for the user? I seem to get it set as the default: > > I set: ro,nofail,umask=022,uid=1000,gid=1000 > I see: > ro,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksi >ze=4096 > > That's mounting ntfs filesystems from fstab with AIUI fuse (fuseblk > filetype). Open files on these filesystems are seen in the lsof output > by root and whoever has the files open, as I had kind of expected. > > > If running your own webserver, like I do, faceing the net, in a > > permissions sandbox, then the answer is a resounding yes. I'm on a > > cable dsl so I'm online all the time. And with a limited bandwidth, > > its paramount that I keep the bots blocked else they use up all my > > upload bandwidth. I don't mind them indexing the place, but way too > > many think its their right to mirror everything they can find and > > that can easily use up my available bandwidth. But in the last 6 > > months they've learned how to keep their identities better wrapped, > > so my regular logs don't show them, nor identify the files they are > > sucking. But I still see the bandwidth being used. Apache2's logging > > sucks. > > > > So yes Reco, sudo lsof can be very helpfull. > > Presumably your circumstances are different from those of the OP. > (I'm not sure of the relevance of your internet connection etc.) > > Cheers, > David.
I was supplying full info in case it mattered, a justification for my needs and attitude. Here, the diff has amounted to 300GB a month. Sure, I could buy more bandwidth, but I'm 85, on SS and can't afford to. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
