btw did you check if your version of logrotate is buggy, we've had a similar problem with logrotate on an old mandrake box a few moons ago... might be worth a look. maybe an upgrade would fix it, or there might be something wrong with /etc/logrotate.conf
Marc Winster Chan wrote: > hi lem, > > i execute top and found out 5 logrotate running using large resources. > the load gets bigger and bigger. > > [root@server-1 root]# top > 10:35am up 21 days, 17:37, 9 users, load average: 12.66, 9.87, 8.54 > 198 processes: 187 sleeping, 11 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped > CPU states: 57.6% user, 42.3% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle > Mem: 255844K av, 252452K used, 3392K free, 0K shrd, 944K buff > Swap: 522104K av, 394532K used, 127572K free 23752K > cached > > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND > 10201 root 25 0 86044 54M 436 R 33.5 21.9 357:58 logrotate > 2367 root 17 0 88244 55M 496 D 21.0 22.2 1024m logrotate > 8535 root 19 0 86272 40M 1396 R 17.7 16.0 1940m logrotate > 18502 root 16 0 33580 504 356 D 13.9 0.1 92:17 logrotate > 27217 root 15 0 86272 32M 508 R 6.4 12.9 1364m logrotate > > thanks > marc > > > how did you know that it was logrotate that was eating your resources? > > > > just do a ps -aux check which application is running the longest and > > using the most CPU, if its a non essesntial app, kill it! > > > > HTH, > > ---lem > > > > Marc Winster Chan wrote: > > > >> hi pluggers > >> > >> how can i stop logrotate. it's been running 2 weeks and it's eating up > >> my resources. > >> i execute w and these comes out > >> 9:42am up 21 days, 16:44, 9 users, load average: 10.68, 9.30, 8.39 > >> > >> ps -aux|grep logrotate > >> ps no good. > >> > >> thanks > >> marc > >> > >> _ > >> Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > >> http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at > >> http://marc.free.net.ph > >> > >> To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body > >> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > ======== [DISCLAIMER] ======== > > This communication is intended for the addressee(s) and may contain > > confidential and legally privileged information. We do not waive > > confidentiality or privilege by mistransmission. If you have received > > this communication in error, any use, dissemination, printing or copying > > is strictly prohibited; please destroy all electronic and paper copies > > and notify the sender immediately. > > ======== [/DISCLAIMER] ======== > > > > > > _ > > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > > http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at > > http://marc.free.net.ph > > > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ======== [DISCLAIMER] ======== This communication is intended for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. We do not waive confidentiality or privilege by mistransmission. If you have received this communication in error, any use, dissemination, printing or copying is strictly prohibited; please destroy all electronic and paper copies and notify the sender immediately. ======== [/DISCLAIMER] ======== _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
