Description

This article provides information about the meaning of the Starting child '/sbin/ifinfo' and Cleanup child '/sbin/ifinfo' messages.

Symptoms

Often, customers are able to view the following messages, when they are operating the router:

mgd[19228]: %INTERACT-6-UI_CHILD_START: Starting child '/sbin/ifinfo'
mgd[19228]: %INTERACT-6-UI_CHILD_STATUS: Cleanup child '/sbin/ifinfo', PID 19236, status 0

Solution


These message are noticed in the output of the show interfaces command, when syslog is configured to include the interactive-commands facility and the info severity:

lab@rollpanna-re0> show interfaces ge-0/0/0
Physical interface: ge-0/0/0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
Interface index: 144, SNMP ifIndex: 19217
Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 1514, Speed: 1000mbps, BPDU Error: None, MAC-REWRITE Error: None,
Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Enabled, Auto-negotiation: Enabled,
Remote fault: Online
Device flags : Present Running
Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
Link flags : None
CoS queues : 8 supported, 8 maximum usable queues
Current address: 00:19:e2:b6:a8:00, Hardware address: 00:19:e2:b6:a8:00
Last flapped : 2010-12-28 12:45:17 JST (03:17:30 ago)
Input rate : 0 bps (0 pps)
Output rate : 0 bps (0 pps)
Active alarms : None
Active defects : None

lab@rollpanna-re0>
*** messages ***
Dec 28 16:02:47.083 rollpanna-re0 mgd[8782]: %INTERACT-6-UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'lab', command 'show interfaces ge-0/0/0 '
Dec 28 16:02:47.085 rollpanna-re0 mgd[8782]: %INTERACT-6-UI_CHILD_START: Starting child '/sbin/ifinfo'
Dec 28 16:02:47.136 rollpanna-re0 mgd[8782]: %INTERACT-6-UI_CHILD_STATUS: Cleanup child '/sbin/ifinfo', PID 8784, status 0
ifinfo is a short-live process that is created, when the show interfaces command is issued via the Junos CLI. Some of the Junos CLI commands are associated with the shell command and in this case, the ifinfo command is executed. If you type the ifinfo command in the shell mode, the output will be in the XML format:
lab@rollpanna-re0> start shell user root
Password:
root@rollpanna-re0% ifinfo ge-0/0/0
<interface-information xmlns="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/10.3R1/junos-interface" junos:style="normal">
<physical-interface>
<name> ge-0/0/0
<admin-status junos:format="Enabled"> up
<oper-status> up
<local-index> 144
<snmp-index> 19217
<link-level-type> Ethernet
<mtu> 1514
<source-filtering> disabled
<speed> 1000mbps
<bpdu-error> none
<l2pt-error> none
<loopback> disabled
<if-flow-control> enabled
<if-auto-negotiation> enabled
<if-remote-fault> online
<if-device-flags>
<ifdf-present/>
<ifdf-running/>

<if-config-flags>
<iff-snmp-traps/>
<internal-flags> 0x4000

<if-media-flags>
<ifmf-none/>

<physical-interface-cos-information>
<physical-interface-cos-hw-max-queues> 8
<physical-interface-cos-use-max-queues> 8

<current-physical-address> 00:19:e2:b6:a8:00
<hardware-physical-address> 00:19:e2:b6:a8:00
<interface-flapped junos:seconds="12032"> 2010-12-28 12:45:17 JST (03:20:32 ago)
<traffic-statistics junos:style="brief">
<input-bps> 0
<input-pps> 0
<output-bps> 0
<output-pps> 0

<active-alarms>
<interface-alarms>
<alarm-not-present/>


<active-defects>
<interface-alarms>
<alarm-not-present/>