From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 17 11:22:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486E816A419 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:22:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hugo@barafranca.com) Received: from mail.barafranca.com (mail.barafranca.com [67.19.101.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E1413C45E for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:22:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hugo@barafranca.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.barafranca.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35065C385C; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.barafranca.com ([67.19.101.164]) by localhost (mail.barafranca.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17368-02; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:03:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nexus.bsdlan.org (a213-22-26-22.cpe.netcabo.pt [213.22.26.22]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.barafranca.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D83DBC4802; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <46C584C8.4090805@barafranca.com> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:21:44 +0100 From: Hugo Silva User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070816) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: brad clawsie References: <20070817101935.GA1064@localhost.gateway.2wire.net> In-Reply-To: <20070817101935.GA1064@localhost.gateway.2wire.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at barafranca.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-1 required=4 tests=[none] X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: curious root find running X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:22:28 -0000 brad clawsie wrote: > hi > > while sitting at my computer tonight i noticed a great deal of disk > activity. i found that this process was running: > > $ ps -auxwww 1463 > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND > root 1463 4.3 0.1 1876 1404 ?? D 3:01AM 0:07.26 find /usr > -xdev -type f ( -perm -u+x -or -perm -g+x -or -perm -o+x ) ( -perm > -u+s -or -perm -g+s ) -print0 > > any idea why this is running? is it part of a sanctioned background > process? > > thanks! > brad > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > man periodic Hugo