On Tuesday 06 March 2007 11:16:07 Alex Mandel wrote: > Richard Crawford wrote: > > Every now and then my FC3 server gets bogged down with heavy disk usage, > > to the point where the system is unusable and I have to reboot. I've > > tried > > > > # tail -f /var/log/messages > > > > but nothing comes up when this happens. Also, nothing unusual crops up > > when I examine dmesg; the system just bogs down heavily for no obvious > > reason. > > > > I'm not sure what I could be checking for. I've run chkrootkit, and > > nothing suspicious showed up there. My "messages" logs showed nothing > > unusual, but if the system had been cracked, of course, whoever did it > > may have been smart enough to cover their tracks that way. > > > > Can anyone offer any suggestions or advice? > > When it starts to get boggy what shows up with Top?
Nothing unusual. That was the first thing I checked for. Since my wife and I primarily use this server for email, and we check our email with SquirrelMail or some other client via POP3, I see a number of httpd processes or mail-related processes. I also see some nfs and smb processes. -- Richard S. Crawford (http://www.mossroot.com) "That which does not kill me makes me stranger." -Llewellyn, from Ozy & Millie _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
