Hans,
No, all I have running is the following:
dogbert:/ # ps -ef
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 0 0 0 03:31:09 ? 0:00 sched
root 1 0 0 03:31:09 ? 0:00 /etc/init -
root 2 0 0 03:31:09 ? 0:00 pageout
root 3 0 0 03:31:09 ? 0:00 fsflush
root 326 323 0 03:31:56 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon
root 134 1 0 03:31:21 ? 0:00 /etc/fw.boot/fwboot bootd
root 323 1 0 03:31:55 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/sac -t 300
root 280 1 0 03:31:43 ? 0:01 /usr/sbin/vold
root 243 1 0 03:31:41 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslogd
root 251 1 0 03:31:42 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
root 257 1 0 03:31:42 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
root 238 1 0 03:31:41 ? 0:00 /usr/sbin/inetd -s
root 395 389 1 08:36:51 pts/0 0:00 -ksh
root 324 1 0 03:31:55 console 0:00 /usr/lib/saf/ttymon -g -h -p
dogbert console login: -T sun -d
root 271 1 0 03:31:43 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/utmpd
root 316 1 0 03:31:51 ? 0:00 /opt/CKPfw/bin/snmpd
root 315 310 0 03:31:50 ? 0:00 alertd -A -l
root 310 1 0 03:31:49 ? 0:02 fwd
root 318 1 0 03:31:52 ? 0:01 fwm
root 320 310 0 03:31:52 ? 0:01 mdq
root 470 395 0 11:25:50 pts/0 0:00 ps -ef
oliver 389 387 0 08:36:41 pts/0 0:00 -ksh
root 387 238 0 08:36:41 ? 0:00 in.telnetd
dogbert:/ #
Jeff
Hans Schaechl wrote:
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> do you have by any chance Solaris automounter running?
> Are /etc/rc2.d/S74autofs and files /etc/auto_master etc.
> in place? If yes, disable the rc-script and/or comment out
> all lines in /etc/auto_* files. (In case you don't use it ;))
>
> Hans
>
> At 10:02 11.07.00 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >Dieter Gobbers wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10-Jul-00 Sujit Choudhury wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have used fw ctl pstat command.
> > > > It says about 3Mbytes have been allocaated into FW-1's kernel memory
> > > > and most of it is still available.
> > > > However looking at the way Solaris works, it appears that the size of
> > > > freelist as found from vmstat and sar -r will apear to shrink to a very
> > > > small value, determined by lotsfree. In our case we have used the
> > > > default which is 1/64 of the RAM i.e. 2Mbytyes. The problem usually
> > > > starts when the freelist attains the value of around 2Mbytes.
> > > > I was wondering whether increasing lostsfree (making it bigger that
> > > > 3Mbytes)would stop the machine hang. Has it been tried?
> > > >
> > > > Sujit
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Sujit Choudhury wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > We are running Checkpoint FireWall-1 Version 4.0 Build 4094. I have
> > > >> > applied service pack 4 and 5 to bring it up to the latest build. The
> > > >> > hardware is Sun Ultra 5/10, with 128Mbytes of memory. The OS is
> > > >> > Solaris 2.6 with kernel patch 105181-21. I am not running CDE so most
> > > >> > of the memory is used for running the OS and Firewall.
> > > >> > In spite of this I am getting system hang on a regular basis. It seems
> > > >> > from sar output, whenever the free memory drops below a certain figure
> > > >> > we are then in the danger zone.
> > > >> > Has anybody come across this thing or any solution for this? We are
> > > >> > having great difficulty in maintaing our service.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Many thanks
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Sujit
> > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Sujit,
> > > >>
> > > >> Just so you don't feel all alone, I also am experiencing this problem.
> > > >> From
> > > >> my standpoint, it looks like a memory leak. The Sun guys do not think so.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have a Ultra 10 running 2.6, with the jumbo patch installed. The machine
> > > >> has 128MB ram and 2 quad 10/100 nic's. The console sits not logged in at
> > > >> the login prompt (not openwin or cde).
> > > >>
> > > >> If I use vmstat on the box, I can see that the memory goes away in about
> > > >> 8k chunks until I start using swap space. It then keeps chunking away
> > > >> memory
> > > >> until I run out of swap and the machine will hang.
> > > >>
> > > >> As yet, I have not found a fix.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jeff
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > We have the same problem here at our site, about every week our firewall
> > > started to slow down and then stopped. We've been unable to use even the
> > > console...
> > > I've written a few scripts to watch certain system parameters/conditions which
> > > reboot the system if the defined limits are exceeded.
> > > During the "development" of those scripts I've noticed that the available
> > > memory is decreasing without any sign who is consuming it.
> > > I always thought that this is caused due to the fact that I cannot install any
> > > kernel patches on our server (E250/Solaris 2.6 HW3/98)...
> > >
> > > I could send you my scripts if you are interested. They don't solve the cause
> > > of the problem but the ugly effects are minimized.
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Dieter Gobbers
> >
> >Something to note. I tried this a little while ago and am convinced
> >that it is not a FW-1 problem, but a OS/HW bug.
> >
> >I disabled the FW software from loading (renamed the startup scripts in
> >the /etc/rcX.d directories) and rebooted the box. Same thing, the machine
> >lost memory in 8K chunks untilit died (no response even on the console).
> >This makes me think that it is an OS problem???
> >
> >I don't know if FW-1 makes modifications to the ethernet drivers when it
> >installs. If it does, there could be some problem with the mods.
> >
> >
> >Jeff
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