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Date:      Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:52:39 -0800
From:      "Support (Rudy)" <support@monkeybrains.net>
To:        Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cron pile up!  Lot's of "cron: running job (cron)"
Message-ID:  <4754DD17.6050701@monkeybrains.net>
In-Reply-To: <4754CD5B.90605@daleco.biz>
References:  <4754C19E.5060708@monkeybrains.net> <4754CD5B.90605@daleco.biz>

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Below is part of the cron...  Seems like any random cronjob can get clogged up... load varies from 
0.2 to 1.0 on this dual-core box.  I rebooted the box -- cron's continue to slowly pile up.


One of the cronjobs that is 'stuck' is this one: /root/bin/raid-status.sh
which can be found here:
  http://www.monkeybrains.net/~rudy/example/raid_status.html

Forgot to mention, I am running:
   6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #3: Thu May 31 01:18:15 PDT 2007

OH, ps shows this:
58383  ??  D      0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
58384  ??  IVs    0:00.00 cron: running job (cron)
/var/log/cron has this entry:
Dec  3 20:16:00 pita /usr/sbin/cron[58384]: (root) CMD (/root/bin/raid-status.sh CRON)

BUT there is no 'raid-status.sh' stuck in the "ps axw".  Seems like the vfork set off the cronjob, 
it ran, but then cron didn't 'stop' executing.  Any debuggin tips?

Rudy

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PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
MAILTO=cron@example.net

####  Root Cron for example.net  ####

##################################
# check demons, limit sendmail, generate fwdmail aliases
##################################
*/10 * * * * /root/bin/10minutes.mail.sh | mail -E -s "[ERROR] example.monkeybrains.net" 
cron@example.net
  */16 * * * * /root/bin/raid-status.sh CRON

##################################
# Anti-Spam measures
##################################
1 5 * * * /usr/local/etc/mail/blacklist2access.pl  | /usr/bin/mail -E -s "[INFO] mail: 
blacklist2access script"  cron@example.net

## update the rules/balcklists list
40 5 * * * /usr/local/bin/sa-update --allowplugins --gpgkey 
D1C035168C1EBC08464946DA258CDB3ABDE9DC10 --channel saupdates.openprotect.com && 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/sa-spamd restart
48 5 * * * /usr/local/bin/sa-update  --channel updates.spamassassin.org && 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/sa-spamd restart

## and anti-virus
49 */2 * * *  su -m clamav -c '/usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet'
@weekly /usr/bin/find /var/tmp/ -maxdepth 1 -and -path "*clamav*" -and -type d -and \! -newermt '2 
days ago' -and -delete




#######################################################################
#  Clean stuff up
#  old trash, viruses, old spam,  and  authdaemon cache
#######################################################################
## squirrelmail attachments
45 3 * * * /usr/bin/find /var/spool/squirrelmail/attach \! -newermt '9 day ago' -delete
## stuff marked as Trash or in Trash folder
55 3 * * * /usr/bin/find /home /data/virtual/ -path "*/Maildir/*" -and -name "*:*T" -and \! 
-newermt '2 day ago' -delete
35 3 * * * /usr/bin/find /home/ /data/virtual/ -path "*/Maildir/.Trash/*" -name "*net*" -and \! 
-newermt '4 day ago' -delete


... etc ...



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