[RHEL] lsof returns "can't identify protocol" in some entries
Issue
- Running lsof will return some lines containing "can't identify protocol". Sample output:
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME udevd 603 root 5u sock 0,6 0t0 7147 can't identify protocol udevd 1175 root 10u sock 0,6 0t0 8989 can't identify protocol udevd 1185 root 10u sock 0,6 0t0 9001 can't identify protocol auditd 1495 root 3u sock 0,6 0t0 9710 can't identify protocol rpcbind 1578 rpc 4u sock 0,6 0t0 10009 can't identify protocol dbus-daem 1607 dbus 6u sock 0,6 0t0 10067 can't identify protocol NetworkMa 1617 root 6u sock 0,6 0t0 10100 can't identify protocol NetworkMa 1617 root 7u sock 0,6 0t0 10101 can't identify protocol NetworkMa 1617 root 12u sock 0,6 0t0 10129 can't identify protocol
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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