Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:00:59 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unknown process? Message-ID: <413E4BBB.7@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040907192340.01c31890@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040907192340.01c31890@mail.dc2.adelphia.net>
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Bob Ababurko wrote: > Hello- > > I have just installed the 5.3Beta2 sparc64 on my ultra 2. For the > past two nights, I notice alot of uninitiated isk activity because my > disks are kinda loud. When i do a top, I see find running. I kill it > and then sendmail starts up....this is very scary. And I am about to > use this as a web server. I am not sure how to find out what is telling > find to run. There is not cron jobs running, at least not roots. What > can I do to find out what is going on here? Is there some type of > facility that freebsd uses to report to usage or stats to some type of > central db due to its beta status? > > concerned, > Bob > Are you sure that it's not the normal 3:01am cron jobs: # # Perform daily/weekly/monthly maintenance. # 1 3 * * * root periodic daily # 15 4 * * 6 root periodic weekly # 30 5 1 * * root periodic monthly The daily script does a 'find' as part of it's system security audit. That is likely what you are seeing. Scott
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