Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:21:46 +1000 From: Antony Mawer <fbsd-security@mawer.org> To: nielsen@memberwebs.com Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, talonz <talonz@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ee using 99% cpu after user ssh session terminates abnormaly Message-ID: <431F841A.1060302@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: <20050908001830.6A33270DCDB@mail.npubs.com> References: <431F6941.20006@gmail.com> <20050908001830.6A33270DCDB@mail.npubs.com>
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On 8/09/2005 10:18 AM, Nate Nielsen wrote: > talonz wrote: >>Recently i have been using a dialup 56k account to access the net >>and have noticed that when my ssh session times out and I am editing >>a file in ` ee ' the system goes to 99% cpu usage and stays like >>this till the pid is killed. >>This is a standard user account (not root/su) > > This happens all the time on servers I manage. It's a real pain because > it's hard to see the actual load of the machine. We have a dumb hack of > a script that kill these off when they happen. Another "me too" -- usually when we notice our server (running FreeBSD 4.11) starting to crawl, the culprit is an "ee" session using up 99% cpu. I just reproduced it then by logging in via ssh, running "ee" (not opening any file) and then killing the Putty window. Cheers Antonyhome | help
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