Cory Petkovsek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:55:07AM +0000, Bob Crandell wrote: >> >Did you try >> >kill -9 <pid> >> > >> >how about >> >kill -STOP <pid> >> > >> >Cory >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> Here is my orginal post: >> have a server with some processes that are running away and they won't die. How >> do I stop them? I used: >> >> ps axf to see the forest for the trees. >> procmail was fired off by sendmail to filter some SPAM. >> I can stop sendmail but procmail won't stop. >> >> Killall procmail doesn't work. >> Killall -9 procmail doesn't work. >> Killall -17 procmail doesn't work. >> Killall -9 -v procmail sayes it is stopping procmail but it lies. >> kill <procmail's PID> doesn't work. >> >> When I rebooted the server last night utilization was over 119. Normally it's >> closer to 0.1 or 0.3. This morning before anyone logged in, it is just over 31.0. >> This started the middle of last week. > > >Bob, you are not telling me anything new. So your answers would be: >>Did you try >>kill -9 <pid> >No > >>how about >>kill -STOP <pid> >No > >Are you still having a problem? If so try those. Also I would try >changing the version of procmail. On my mail filter I've held back >procmail to a stable version because the mail filter I use utilizes some >bugs of the latest procmail. It's been a while, but eventually I'll see >if they recommend upgrading to a new version of procmail. You might >also try a different kernel. What distro and kernel version is this >server on? > > >Cory > >_______________________________________________ Opps. I should have put my glasses on.
I did use kill -9 <PID> but not kill -STOP <PID> The problem will start again if I enable SPAMAssassin with /etc/procmailrc. Procmail version is 3.15.2. It is the stock one. This is Slackware 8.1 with kernel 2.4.20-xfs This server had been running almost 9 months before this cropped up. Thanks. -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Voice - 541-689-9159 FAX - 541-463-1627 Eugene, Oregon _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
