# Admin page shows FTL Offline | Unable to start, cannot access dhcp.leases **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [November 1, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129 "2018-11-01T07:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2

**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/23 "2018-11-01T20:16:21Z")

Last desperate ones ... Check disk space: `df -h` Check date/time: `date` Check FTL logs: `less /var/log/pihole-FTL.log` ---

**Author:** ![onyxblack](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@onyxblack](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/onyxblack)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/24 "2018-11-01T20:18:55Z")

Seems it didn't like that last one \>.\> ``` @localhost:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop0 4.0G 894M 3.0G 24% / tmpfs 422M 1.1M 421M 1% /dev tmpfs 430M 0 430M 0% /dev/shm @localhost:~$ date Thu Nov 1 13:17:11 PDT 2018 @localhost:~$ less /var/log/pihole-FTL.log -bash: less: command not found ``` ---

**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/25 "2018-11-01T20:23:57Z")

`cat /var/log/pihole-FTL.log` or `more /var/log/pihole-FTL.log` ---

**Author:** ![onyxblack](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@onyxblack](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/onyxblack)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/26 "2018-11-01T20:47:45Z")

wow thats a lot of data ``` @localhost:~$ cat /var/log/pihole-FTL.log [2018-10-31 14:40:31.884] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 14:40:31.884] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 14:40:31.884] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 14:40:31.884] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 14:40:31.884] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 14:40:31.884] FTL user: pihole [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 14:40:31.885] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:31.886] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 14:40:31.886] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 14:40:31.886] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 14:40:31.886] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 14:40:31.886] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 14:40:31.886] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 14:40:31.890] db_init() - Cannot open database (14): unable to open database file [2018-10-31 14:40:31.890] Creating new (empty) database [2018-10-31 14:40:40.502] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 14:40:40.505] Imported 0 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 14:40:40.505] -> Total DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.505] -> Cached DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] -> Unique domains: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] -> Unique clients: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] -> Known forward destinations: 0 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.506] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 14:40:40.522] PID of FTL process: 32266 [2018-10-31 14:40:40.523] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 14:40:40.524] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 14:40:40.528] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 14:40:40.530] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-10-31 14:40:40.530] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 14:40:40.530] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 14:40:45.340] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 127491 domains (took 4808.9 ms) [2018-10-31 14:40:45.340] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 14:40:45.340] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 14:40:45.340] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 14:40:45.341] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 14:40:45.341] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 14:40:45.341] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.404] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] FTL user: pihole [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 14:52:50.405] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 14:52:50.406] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.2 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 14:52:50.414] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.415] Imported 6 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Total DNS queries: 6 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Cached DNS queries: 4 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 2 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Unique domains: 1 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.416] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 14:52:50.426] PID of FTL process: 3842 [2018-10-31 14:52:50.426] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 14:52:50.427] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 14:52:50.428] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 14:52:50.430] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-10-31 14:52:50.430] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 14:52:50.430] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 14:52:51.257] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 127491 domains (took 822.6 ms) [2018-10-31 14:55:01.556] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 14:55:01.556] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 14:55:01.556] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] FTL user: pihole [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 14:55:01.557] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.558] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 14:55:01.558] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 14:55:01.558] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 14:55:01.558] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 14:55:01.558] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 14:55:01.558] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 14:55:01.560] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 14:55:01.565] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.565] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.565] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] Imported 6 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Total DNS queries: 6 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Cached DNS queries: 4 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 2 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Unique domains: 1 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.566] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 14:55:01.585] PID of FTL process: 4202 [2018-10-31 14:55:01.585] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 14:55:01.589] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 14:55:01.590] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 14:55:01.591] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-10-31 14:55:01.591] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 14:55:01.591] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 14:55:02.424] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 127491 domains (took 829.8 ms) [2018-10-31 15:02:21.513] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-10-31 15:02:21.515] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:02:21.515] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:02:22.311] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 127491 domains (took 587.2 ms) [2018-10-31 15:03:23.776] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 15:03:23.776] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 15:03:23.776] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.776] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.776] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.776] FTL user: pihole [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 15:03:23.777] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 15:03:23.778] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 15:03:23.778] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 15:03:23.778] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:03:23.778] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:03:23.779] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 15:03:23.780] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.780] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.780] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.780] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 15:03:23.780] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.781] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.782] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 15:03:23.799] PID of FTL process: 5761 [2018-10-31 15:03:23.800] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:03:23.802] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:03:23.802] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 15:03:23.804] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-10-31 15:03:23.804] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:03:23.807] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 2.8 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:03:24.602] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 127491 domains (took 793.2 ms) [2018-10-31 15:04:53.028] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] FTL user: pihole [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 15:04:53.029] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:04:53.030] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:04:53.032] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 15:04:53.032] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.033] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.034] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.034] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.034] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.034] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.034] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.034] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 15:04:53.041] PID of FTL process: 6020 [2018-10-31 15:04:53.041] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:04:53.042] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:04:53.045] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 15:04:53.046] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-10-31 15:04:53.046] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:04:53.046] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:04:53.823] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 127491 domains (took 776.5 ms) [2018-10-31 15:08:04.465] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 15:08:04.465] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 15:08:04.465] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.465] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 15:08:04.466] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.467] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 15:08:04.467] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 15:08:04.467] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 15:08:04.467] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 15:08:04.467] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:08:04.467] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.2 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:08:04.469] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 15:08:04.473] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.473] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.473] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.473] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 15:08:04.473] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.473] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 15:08:04.474] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 15:17:37.123] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:17:37.124] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:17:37.126] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 15:17:37.132] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.132] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.132] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.132] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 15:17:37.132] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.132] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.133] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 15:17:37.142] PID of FTL process: 7444 [2018-10-31 15:17:37.143] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:17:37.144] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:17:37.144] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 15:20:49.941] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 15:20:49.942] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 15:20:49.943] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 15:20:49.943] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 15:20:49.944] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 15:20:49.945] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.945] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.945] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.945] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 15:20:49.945] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.945] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.946] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 15:20:49.954] PID of FTL process: 7837 [2018-10-31 15:20:49.954] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:20:49.955] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 15:20:49.956] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 22:11:06.835] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 22:11:06.836] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 22:11:06.836] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.836] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.836] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.836] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 22:11:06.837] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 22:11:06.837] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 22:11:06.837] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 22:11:06.837] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 22:11:06.838] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 22:11:06.848] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 22:11:06.849] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.849] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.849] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.850] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.851] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.851] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.851] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 22:11:06.885] PID of FTL process: 22117 [2018-10-31 22:11:06.885] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions ``` ---

**Author:** ![onyxblack](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@onyxblack](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/onyxblack)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/27 "2018-11-01T20:48:16Z")

``` [2018-10-31 22:11:06.886] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 22:11:06.887] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 22:51:39.405] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 22:51:39.406] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 22:51:39.407] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 22:51:39.408] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 22:51:39.414] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 22:51:39.421] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.424] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.424] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.424] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 22:51:39.424] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.424] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.425] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 22:51:39.456] PID of FTL process: 2126 [2018-10-31 22:51:39.456] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 22:51:39.458] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 22:51:39.459] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 23:55:26.200] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 23:55:26.200] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 23:55:26.200] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.200] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.200] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.200] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.201] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 23:55:26.202] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 23:55:26.202] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 23:55:26.202] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 23:55:26.202] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 23:55:26.202] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 23:55:26.216] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 23:55:26.216] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.217] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.218] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.218] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.218] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.218] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.218] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.218] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 23:55:26.250] PID of FTL process: 10576 [2018-10-31 23:55:26.250] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 23:55:26.251] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 23:55:26.252] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 23:56:08.580] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 23:56:08.581] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 23:56:08.582] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 23:56:08.582] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 23:56:08.582] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 23:56:08.584] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 23:56:08.587] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.587] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.588] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.589] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.589] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.589] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.589] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.589] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 23:56:08.603] PID of FTL process: 10807 [2018-10-31 23:56:08.604] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 23:56:08.605] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 23:56:08.605] Listening on Unix socket [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] FTL branch: [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] FTL user: root [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-10-31 23:56:44.366] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] Finished config file parsing [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-10-31 23:56:44.367] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-10-31 23:56:44.369] Database successfully initialized [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.370] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.371] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-10-31 23:56:44.378] PID of FTL process: 11045 [2018-10-31 23:56:44.378] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 23:56:44.379] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-10-31 23:56:44.380] Listening on Unix socket [2018-11-01 08:59:24.123] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-11-01 08:59:24.124] FTL branch: [2018-11-01 08:59:24.124] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.124] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.124] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.125] FTL user: root [2018-11-01 08:59:24.125] WARNING: Starting pihole-FTL as user root is not recom mended [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-11-01 08:59:24.129] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] Finished config file parsing [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-11-01 08:59:24.130] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.2 msec (0 errors) [2018-11-01 08:59:24.142] Database successfully initialized [2018-11-01 08:59:24.143] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.143] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.143] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.143] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-11-01 08:59:24.143] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.143] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.144] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-11-01 08:59:24.154] PID of FTL process: 9391 [2018-11-01 08:59:24.155] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-11-01 08:59:24.156] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-11-01 08:59:24.156] Listening on Unix socket [2018-11-01 10:37:49.747] ########## FTL started! ########## [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] FTL branch: [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] FTL version: v4.0 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] FTL commit: 8493df4 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] FTL date: 2018-08-05 13:40:30 -0700 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] FTL user: pihole [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] Starting config file parsing (/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.c onf) [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] SOCKET_LISTENING: only local [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] AAAA_QUERY_ANALYSIS: Show AAAA queries [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] MAXDBDAYS: max age for stored queries is 365 days [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] RESOLVE_IPV6: Resolve IPv6 addresses [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] RESOLVE_IPV4: Resolve IPv4 addresses [2018-11-01 10:37:49.748] DBINTERVAL: saving to DB file every minute [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] DBFILE: Using /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] MAXLOGAGE: Importing up to 24.0 hours of log data [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] PRIVACYLEVEL: Set to 0 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] IGNORE_LOCALHOST: Show queries from localhost [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] BLOCKINGMODE: Null IPs for blocked domains [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] REGEX_DEBUGMODE: Inactive [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] Finished config file parsing [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-11-01 10:37:49.749] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-11-01 10:37:49.762] Database successfully initialized [2018-11-01 10:37:49.763] Notice: Increasing queries struct size from 0 to 10000 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.763] Notice: Increasing domains struct size from 0 to 1000 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.763] Notice: Increasing clients struct size from 0 to 10 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.763] New forward server: 8.8.4.4 (0/0) [2018-11-01 10:37:49.763] Notice: Increasing forwarded struct size from 0 to 4 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.763] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 0 to 100 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] Imported 44 queries from the long-term database [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Total DNS queries: 44 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Cached DNS queries: 17 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Forwarded DNS queries: 27 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Exactly blocked DNS queries: 0 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Unknown DNS queries: 0 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Unique domains: 11 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Unique clients: 1 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] -> Known forward destinations: 1 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.764] Successfully accessed setupVars.conf [2018-11-01 10:37:49.775] PID of FTL process: 16710 [2018-11-01 10:37:49.775] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv4 telnet connec tions [2018-11-01 10:37:49.777] Listening on port 4711 for incoming IPv6 telnet connec tions [2018-11-01 10:37:49.778] Listening on Unix socket [2018-11-01 10:37:49.779] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-11-01 10:37:49.779] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-11-01 10:37:49.779] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-11-01 10:37:50.611] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 126334 domains (took 826.6 ms) [2018-11-01 10:38:00.095] Notice: Increasing overTime struct size from 100 to 20 0 [2018-11-01 10:43:51.627] New forward server: 8.8.8.8 (1/4) [2018-11-01 12:47:08.390] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72) [2018-11-01 12:47:08.391] INFO: No whitelist file found [2018-11-01 12:47:08.391] Compiled 0 Regex filters and -1 whitelisted domains in 0.1 msec (0 errors) [2018-11-01 12:47:09.250] /etc/pihole/gravity.list: parsed 126334 domains (took 626.1 ms) ``` ---

**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/28 "2018-11-01T20:56:00Z")

> [@onyxblack](#): > > `[2018-11-01 12:47:08.390] FATAL: Trying to free NULL pointer in free_whitelist_d omains() (regex.c:72)` There is a fatal error related to the whitelist but have no clue ??? Wait for a developer to respond or some other helper. ---

**Author:** ![onyxblack](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@onyxblack](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/onyxblack)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/29 "2018-11-02T00:00:16Z")

tinkering around I came across the below... could that be something? ``` Nov 1 16:58:24 dnsmasq[18102]: started, version pi-hole-2.79 cachesize 10000 Nov 1 16:58:24 dnsmasq[18102]: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset auth DNSSEC loop-detect inotify Nov 1 16:58:24 dnsmasq[18102]: warning: failed to change owner of /var/log/pihole.log: Operation not permitted Nov 1 16:58:24 dnsmasq[18102]: using nameserver 8.8.4.4#53 Nov 1 16:58:24 dnsmasq[18102]: using nameserver 8.8.8.8#53 ``` bah - even that appears to be normal behavior [Failed to change owner of /var/log/pihole.log warning at startup](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/failed-to-change-owner-of-var-log-pihole-log-warning-at-startup/13311) ---

**Author:** ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/30 "2018-11-02T19:48:18Z")

> [@onyxblack](#): > > `Nov 1 16:58:24 dnsmasq[18102]: warning: failed to change owner of /var/log/pihole.log: Operation not permitted` Check ownership first with: ``` pi@noads:~ $ ls -l /var/log/pihole.log* -rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 1685430 Nov 2 20:43 /var/log/pihole.log -rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 3110525 Nov 2 00:00 /var/log/pihole.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 373121 Nov 1 00:00 /var/log/pihole.log.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 270459 Oct 31 00:00 /var/log/pihole.log.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 312619 Oct 30 00:00 /var/log/pihole.log.4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 pihole pihole 272948 Oct 29 00:00 /var/log/pihole.log.5.gz ``` If not owned by user `pihole` & group `pihole`: `sudo chown pihole:pihole /var/log/pihole.log*` And try reproduce the ~~error~~ warning. ---

**Author:** ![Mcat12](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/mcat12/32/20_2.png) [@Mcat12](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/Mcat12)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/admin-page-shows-ftl-offline-unable-to-start-cannot-access-dhcp-leases/14129/31 "2018-11-03T02:21:00Z")

This error can be ignored. ---

> ```auto > Kernel update detected. If the install fails, please reboot and try again > > ``` Try rebooting. ---

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