From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 13:51:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECA6416A4E1 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:51:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@webtent.net) Received: from esmtp.webtent.net (esmtp.webtent.net [208.38.145.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B45B43D5F for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:51:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@webtent.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) by esmtp.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Gateway) with ESMTP id 3CAB07E963 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:50:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at webtent.net Received: from esmtp.webtent.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (esmtp.webtent.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sEww8CuRkVnm for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:50:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from columbus.webtent.org (static-70-110-70-43.tampfl.fios.verizon.net [70.110.70.43]) by esmtp.webtent.net (WebTent ESMTP Postfix Internet Mail Gateway) with ESMTP id 1D02A7ED10 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:50:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Fitzpatrick To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain Organization: WebTent Networking, Inc. Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:54:41 -0400 Message-Id: <1156168481.30474.10.camel@columbus.webtent.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Periodic processes 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: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:51:04 -0000 I have a FreeBSD 6.0 server that the periodic processes don't seem to complete and build up until our monitor complains about the number of processes and I killall. How would I go about figuring out which process is the problem or if there is a cron issue? Can't find any errors in the messages or cron log. After a few days, this is what I see and have to kill: 26347 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 26349 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26355 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26356 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26401 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 28108 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic weekly 28110 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic weekly 28117 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic weekly 28118 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic weekly 28129 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate 28136 ?? IN 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb 28140 ?? IN 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb -presort 61416 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 61417 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 61424 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 61425 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 61470 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 92450 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 92451 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 92458 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 92459 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 92504 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 98286 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 98289 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 98295 ?? I 0:00.03 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 98296 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 98341 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks -- Robert