I don't know what state it was in accept that it looked normal. Is 'S' select?
An unreachable file? Hmm. How would I check that? There is a user there that can't leave well enough alone. Any clue how to kill it? Thanks Larry Price ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >What state is procmail in (wait,select, ???) > >It's not trying to write to an unreachable file or something? > >On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 08:20 AM, Bob Crandell wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a server with some processes that are running away and they >> won't die. How >> do I stop them? I used: >> >> ps axf to see the forest for the trees. >> procmail was fired off by sendmail to filter some SPAM. >> I can stop sendmail but procmail won't stop. >> >> Killall procmail doesn't work. >> Killall -9 procmail doesn't work. >> Killall -9 -v procmail sayes it is stopping procmail but it lies. >> kill <procmail's PID> doesn't work. >> >> When I rebooted the server last night utilization was over 119. >> Normally it's >> closer to 0.1 or 0.3. This morning before anyone logged in, it is >> just over 31.0. >> This started the middle of last week. >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Bob Crandell >> Assured Computing >> When you need to be sure. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.assuredcomp.com >> Voice - 541-689-9159 >> FAX - 541-463-1627 >> Eugene, Oregon >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EuG-LUG mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug >> >> >This is a Signature: Someday soon it will have clever sayings and URL's > >_______________________________________________ >EuG-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > -- Bob Crandell Assured Computing When you need to be sure. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.assuredcomp.com Voice - 541-689-9159 FAX - 541-463-1627 Eugene, Oregon _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
