Re: Blocklistd Issue

"Mathias M." <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:59:21 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 03:12:56PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
> I edited the /etc/blocklistd file and changed the times and counts for so=
me entries.  I restarted blocklistd and it is properly using the new values=
=2E  However, there are a number of "old" entries showing the old value but=
 with a negative time remaining.  An example:
>=20
> blocklistd	   xxx.yyy.54.97/32:80	OK	5/5	-5d-1h-25m-13s
>=20
> These addresses are not in the pf anchor table.  They never seem to go aw=
ay.  I have restarted blocklistd several times but no change.  Any suggesti=
ons on how to make them go away?  Thanks,
>=20
> -- Doug
>=20

I'd just 'rm /var/db/blocklistd.db' and then 'service blocklistd restart'.

Or to be on the save side maybe:
mv /var/db/blocklistd.db /var/db/blocklistd.db.backup



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