Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:42:16 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cron Problem Message-ID: <20000921174215.A12637@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000921052553.00b46900@mail.megapathdsl.net>; from Allen Landsidel on Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 05:29:52AM -0400 References: <20000921121410.A25730@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> <4.3.2.7.2.20000921052553.00b46900@mail.megapathdsl.net>
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Quoting Allen Landsidel <all@biosys.net>: [000921 12:25]: #>At 12:14 09/21/2000 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: #>>can anyone kindly point me to any reason why cron seems to be asleep in my #>>systems -4.1-STABLE? #>>No periodic processes are being run. #>> #>>Here are the messages I got for last night. #>> #>>Sep 21 03:00:02 alouette squid[283]: storeDirClean: #>>/usr/local/squid/cache/08/71 #>>: (23) Too many open files in system #> #>Already, right there... #> #>You've got something opening up too many file descriptors.. keep in mind #>"file descriptors" on unix means not just any file, but anything that is #>accessed as a file. #> #>Just for example, I've seen this kind of thing happen occasionally with #>samba when it barfs and you get hundreds or thousands of nmbd's running at #>once. I don't see a thing, pal.. USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND wash 481 0.0 0.2 436 240 v1 R+ 5:38PM 0:00.00 ps root 1 0.0 0.2 528 316 ?? ILs 5:45PM 0:00.01 init root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? DL 5:45PM 0:00.01 pagedaemon root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? DL 5:45PM 0:00.00 vmdaemon root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? DL 5:45PM 0:00.01 bufdaemon root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? DL 5:45PM 0:00.46 syncer root 29 0.0 0.1 208 92 ?? Is 5:46PM 0:00.00 adjkerntz root 93 0.0 0.4 912 608 ?? Ss 2:46PM 0:00.07 syslogd root 96 0.0 1.0 2108 1668 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.01 named daemon 98 0.0 0.3 916 488 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.00 portmap root 118 0.0 0.5 1040 792 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.06 inetd root 120 0.0 0.4 956 696 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.05 cron root 123 0.0 0.4 932 636 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.00 lpd root 126 0.0 0.8 2100 1336 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.34 sshd root 154 0.0 0.3 884 488 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.08 moused root 182 0.0 0.8 1688 1228 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.00 dhcpd root 200 0.0 1.1 2088 1724 ?? Ss 2:46PM 0:00.33 httpd root 206 0.0 0.8 2208 1344 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.01 exim uucp 213 0.0 0.9 2152 1480 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.01 faxq root 228 0.0 0.4 996 580 ?? S 2:46PM 0:00.08 atalkd nobody 229 0.0 1.1 2112 1732 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.00 httpd nobody 230 0.0 1.1 2112 1732 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.00 httpd nobody 231 0.0 1.1 2112 1732 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.00 httpd nobody 232 0.0 1.1 2112 1732 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.00 httpd nobody 233 0.0 1.1 2112 1732 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.00 httpd root 237 0.0 0.4 1004 584 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.00 papd root 239 0.0 0.4 1052 624 ?? I 2:46PM 0:00.02 afpd root 245 0.0 0.4 868 584 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.01 pptpd root 254 0.0 0.9 2364 1476 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.00 smbd root 256 0.0 0.9 1960 1388 ?? Ss 2:46PM 0:00.80 nmbd root 264 0.0 0.3 628 420 con- I+ 2:46PM 0:00.00 sh root 271 0.0 0.4 924 628 v0 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty wash 272 0.0 0.6 1420 1016 v1 Ss 2:46PM 0:00.16 tcsh wash 273 0.0 0.7 1420 1052 v2 Is 2:46PM 0:00.13 tcsh root 274 0.0 0.4 924 632 v3 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 275 0.0 0.4 924 632 v4 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 276 0.0 0.4 924 632 v5 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 277 0.0 0.4 924 632 v6 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 278 0.0 0.4 924 632 v7 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 279 0.0 0.4 924 632 v9 Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 280 0.0 0.4 924 632 va Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty root 281 0.0 0.4 924 632 vb Is+ 2:46PM 0:00.01 getty nobody 283 0.0 4.0 7120 6424 ?? S 2:46PM 0:02.00 squid nobody 284 0.0 0.2 840 344 ?? Is 2:46PM 0:00.00 unlinkd wash 470 0.0 0.8 2144 1256 v2 I+ 5:31PM 0:00.06 telnet root 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 ?? DLs 5:45PM 0:00.01 swapper I did MERGEMASTER (but stupid I deleted the etc.old I had created) and now I have to dance with it... Is it true that one can actually 'live' without mergemaster?? I think it is thro' that process that I did not do something right because it was asking me some funny questions and I must admit here that I did not quite understand them... -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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