David Link <dlink(at)soundscan(dot)com> writes:
> Thanks for your suggestion. I'm new to the concept of packet sniffing
> and tracing. Can you suggest where I should go or what I should read to
> better understand this?
"man strace" ... strace is probably easier to use for this purpose than
a packet sniffer, and it'll generate a more complete view of what the
daemon is doing, too.
regards, tom lane