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Date:      Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:26:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chris Linstruth <cjl@QNET.COM>
To:        "C. A. Daelhousen" <cd9@buffalo.edu>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Open files and Swap Space Errors (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.4.33.0208221126310.6306-100000@cello.qnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020822033623.A47209@selvirjin.alltel.net>

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Sendmail doesn't crash, if that's what "getting shot" means.

See my other message.

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Chris Linstruth <cjl@qnet.com>
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On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, C. A. Daelhousen wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 12:01:13AM -0700, Chris Linstruth wrote:
> > Actually, I readily get the errors from systat -a.  The system
> > isn't grinding to a halt, it's just reporting swap errors and file
> > table full when pstat -s and sysctl show, plainly, that they're
> > not even close to their maximums.
> >
>
> If the sequence of events goes:
>
> 1. Normal
> 2. Problem occurs
> 3. Sendmail gets shot
> 4. Normal, but without sendmail
> 5. You check current system status
>
> Then you'll never see the problem, because it's already vanished when
> sendmail got shot. Timing is critical. You have to set up SOME sort of
> automated thing to try to show the problem immediately before sendmail
> is shot.
>
>


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