Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:46:33 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cron and vfork Message-ID: <412A1159.9070702@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200408240107.22461.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200408240107.22461.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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Malcolm Kay wrote: [ ... ] > The presence of a problem became evident when when I was > unable to log into the machine Monday morning, neither from > a console or through ssh on the LAN. At the console it puts up > a login prompt and accepts the name entry but that is all -- > no password prompt and no further activity. I've had to reboot > the machine with a brutal physical reset. Your description sounds somewhat like the machine ran out of virtual memory, or possibly some other critical resource like process table slots. Run top continuously for a few days and see what you see, or consider fancier monitoring capabilities from ports. -- -Chuck
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