I'm getting a recurring kernel error about every 30 seconds to a minute.
This is from logwatch but the kernel and messages logs are similar.

1 Time(s): [ 9503.788362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
1 Time(s): [ 9503.942683] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
1 Time(s): [ 9803.349930] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
1 Time(s): [ 9803.505668] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
1998 Time(s): lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions

My /etc/network/interfaces file;

knute@rabbitbrush:/etc/network$ cat interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Everything seems to be working correctly except for the error messages.
I googled around and there seems to be lots of causes for this type of
error, the most common having something to do with wireless. I don't
have any wireless installed on this computer. The computer was upgraded
from 9.04 to 9.10 server a few days ago and that is when the messages
started.

Any ideas where to start to fix it?

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Knute Johnson wrote:

> I'm getting a recurring kernel error about every 30 seconds to a minute.
> This is from logwatch but the kernel and messages logs are similar.
>
> 1 Time(s): [ 9503.788362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> 1 Time(s): [ 9503.942683] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> 1 Time(s): [ 9803.349930] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> 1 Time(s): [ 9803.505668] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> 1998 Time(s): lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions

I've got no ideas how to prevent the messages, but I wouldn't worry about it
(except that that's on the order of 2000 extra lines of logging every day) -
it's the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface and really can't use and doesn't
need "Privacy Extensions".
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Derek Broughton wrote:
> Knute Johnson wrote:
>
>> I'm getting a recurring kernel error about every 30 seconds to a minute.
>> This is from logwatch but the kernel and messages logs are similar.
>>
>> 1 Time(s): [ 9503.788362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>> 1 Time(s): [ 9503.942683] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>> 1 Time(s): [ 9803.349930] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>> 1 Time(s): [ 9803.505668] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>> 1998 Time(s): lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>
> I've got no ideas how to prevent the messages, but I wouldn't worry about it
> (except that that's on the order of 2000 extra lines of logging every day) -
> it's the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface and really can't use and doesn't
> need "Privacy Extensions".

Any idea where Privacy Extensions are configured?

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>>> I'm getting a recurring kernel error about every 30 seconds to a minute.
>>> * This is from logwatch but the kernel and messages logs are similar.
>>> 1 Time(s): [ 9503.788362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>>> 1998 Time(s): lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions

>> I've got no ideas how to prevent the messages, but I wouldn't worry about it
>> (except that that's on the order of 2000 extra lines of logging every day) -
>> it's the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface and really can't use and doesn't
>> need "Privacy Extensions".

> Any idea where Privacy Extensions are configured?

It is a kernel config - IPV6_PRIVACY - and it is set to "y" in KK so
you would have to recompile your kernel in order to set it to "n" or
"m".

The corresponding proc entry is
/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/use_tempaddr

and when I "sysctl" or "cat" mine, it returns "-1". (And it is 0 for wlan0.)

You could sysctl yours to "-1" if it isn't and it might stop the
"Privacy" messages. (And if it isn't set to "-1" for KK server
edition, you might want to file a bug report.)

The values that use_tempaddr can take are

<= 0 disable Privacy Extensions

== 1 enable Privacy Extensions, but prefer public addresses over
temporary addresses

> 1 enable Privacy Extensions and prefer temporary addresses over public addresses

Default 0 (for most devices)

Default -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices)

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Tom H wrote:
>>>> I'm getting a recurring kernel error about every 30 seconds to a minute.
>>>> This is from logwatch but the kernel and messages logs are similar.
>>>> 1 Time(s): [ 9503.788362] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>>>> 1998 Time(s): lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
>
>>> I've got no ideas how to prevent the messages, but I wouldn't worry about it
>>> (except that that's on the order of 2000 extra lines of logging every day) -
>>> it's the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface and really can't use and doesn't
>>> need "Privacy Extensions".
>
>> Any idea where Privacy Extensions are configured?
>
> It is a kernel config - IPV6_PRIVACY - and it is set to "y" in KK so
> you would have to recompile your kernel in order to set it to "n" or
> "m".
>
> The corresponding proc entry is
> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/use_tempaddr
>
> and when I "sysctl" or "cat" mine, it returns "-1". (And it is 0 for wlan0.)
>
> You could sysctl yours to "-1" if it isn't and it might stop the
> "Privacy" messages. (And if it isn't set to "-1" for KK server
> edition, you might want to file a bug report.)
>
> The values that use_tempaddr can take are
>
> <= 0 disable Privacy Extensions
>
> == 1 enable Privacy Extensions, but prefer public addresses over
> temporary addresses
>
>> 1 enable Privacy Extensions and prefer temporary addresses over public addresses
>
> Default 0 (for most devices)
>
> Default -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices)
>

Tom:

Thanks for the reply. use_tempaddr is -1. Since the error says that
Privacy Extensions are turned off should I set it to 0 to get rid of the
messages? What will that do?

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>>> Any idea where Privacy Extensions are configured?

>> It is a kernel config - IPV6_PRIVACY - and it is set to "y" in KK so
>> you would have to recompile your kernel in order to set it to "n" or
>> "m".

>> The corresponding proc entry is
>> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/lo/use_tempaddr

>> and when I "sysctl" or "cat" mine, it returns "-1". (And it is 0 for wlan0.)

>> You could sysctl yours to "-1" if it isn't and it might stop the
>> "Privacy" messages. (And if it isn't set to "-1" for KK server
>> edition, you might want to file a bug report.)

>> The values that use_tempaddr can take are

>> <= 0 disable Privacy Extensions

>> == 1 enable Privacy Extensions, but prefer public addresses over
>> temporary addresses

>>> 1 enable Privacy Extensions and prefer temporary addresses over public addresses

>> Default 0 (for most devices)

>> Default -1 (for point-to-point devices and loopback devices)

> Thanks for the reply. *use_tempaddr is -1. *Since the error says that
> Privacy Extensions are turned off should I set it to 0 to get rid of the
> messages?*What will that do?

You're welcome.

"-1" is the correct value for a loopback device and has the same
effect as "0" (see the documentation above; 1st line "<=0" and last
line "Default -1"). You could try 0 but I doubt that it will make a
difference.

I will install KK 32-bit server edition this weekend to see if I have
the same logging problem. No other ideas, sorry.

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Tom H wrote:
> You're welcome.
>
> "-1" is the correct value for a loopback device and has the same
> effect as "0" (see the documentation above; 1st line "<=0" and last
> line "Default -1"). You could try 0 but I doubt that it will make a
> difference.
>
> I will install KK 32-bit server edition this weekend to see if I have
> the same logging problem. No other ideas, sorry.
>

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>> "-1" is the correct value for a loopback device and has the same
>> effect as "0" (see the documentation above; 1st line "<=0" and last
>> line "Default -1"). You could try 0 but I doubt that it will make a
>> difference.

>> I will install KK 32-bit server edition this weekend to see if I have
>> the same logging problem. No other ideas, sorry.

> Thanks for looking Tom.

You're welcome. I did two KK server installs this weekend, one 32-bit
on a netbook (with openssh, apache, samba, nfs) and one 64-bit on a
Dell rack server (with openssh and samba). Both only log the "Disable
Privacy Extensions" once at boot.

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Tom H wrote:
>>> "-1" is the correct value for a loopback device and has the same
>>> effect as "0" (see the documentation above; 1st line "<=0" and last
>>> line "Default -1"). You could try 0 but I doubt that it will make a
>>> difference.
>
>>> I will install KK 32-bit server edition this weekend to see if I have
>>> the same logging problem. No other ideas, sorry.
>
>> Thanks for looking Tom.
>
> You're welcome. I did two KK server installs this weekend, one 32-bit
> on a netbook (with openssh, apache, samba, nfs) and one 64-bit on a
> Dell rack server (with openssh and samba). Both only log the "Disable
> Privacy Extensions" once at boot.
>

My best guess (and it is an uneducated one) is that something in the
upgrade was left over or just enough different to cause it since your
installs didn't show it. I don't really understand what the Privacy
Extensions do but the server is working fine so I guess I'll just live
with it for now :-).

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>> You're welcome. I did two KK server installs this weekend, one 32-bit
>> on a netbook (with openssh, apache, samba, nfs) and one 64-bit on a
>> Dell rack server (with openssh and samba). Both only log the "Disable
>> Privacy Extensions" once at boot.

> My best guess (and it is an uneducated one) is that something in the
> upgrade was left over or just enough different to cause it since your
> installs didn't show it.

> I don't really understand what the Privacy Extensions do but the server
> is working fine so I guess I'll just live with it for now :-).

IIRC, privacy extensions were introduced because the initial plan for
ipv6 was to include the mac address in ipv6 addresses and that was
found not to provide enough privacy.

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