Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 20:05:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Signal 11 problem: sh dies, user's can't log in!! (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.93.960430200003.1146B-100000@dingo.enc.edu>
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I posted what's below to freebsd-questions but haven't heard a peep yet.
I seen stuff about Signal 11 troubles both here (freebsd-stable) and
elsewhere, so I thought I'd repost here.
Whadaya think?
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 22:20:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu>
To: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Signal 11 problem: sh dies, user's can't log in!!
Welp, I'm back, with the problem of the week :-) .
Several times, lately, my box that serves as email host and web server has
been getting itself into a state where when a user logs in, sh dies with a
signal 11. Sessions that are open before this state sets in remain fine,
and I can still log in as _root_ and look around. Everything (swapspace,
processes, etc.) seems fine, except for the signal 11 behavior.
Sampe syslog output:
Apr 29 16:38:41 itsdsv1 /kernel: pid 8739 (sh), uid 1154: exited on signal 11
The system can be up just fine for several days with no signs of trouble,
and then, seemingly out of the blue, it happens. The only solution I've
found thus far is to reboot. Not a happy thing for my users!!
How should I proceed to track down the problem? Is it a kernel thing? I
know that bad hardware can cause strange signals to show up, but I've
built my system using "approved" (well, it's mentioned in the handbook)
hardware. HELP!
Some background about the system:
running FreeBSD 2.1-stable (supped 3/16/96)
Using NIS (almost 500 users), quotas
Apache 1.0.2, popper, imapd
Pine 3.93 w/patches from Guy Helmer
ASUS P55TP4XE P100, 64 MB 60ns RAM, 512k PB cache
Thanks,
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Charles Owens Email: owensc@enc.edu
"I read somewhere to learn is to
Information Technology Services remember... and I've learned that
Eastern Nazarene College we've all forgot..." - King's X
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