Date:  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:42:07 -0600
From:  Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet <cobaltfacts (at mark) virtbiz.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:11691] Re: Vacation.pl issues
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <47864ADF.8020306 (at mark) virtbiz.com>
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Gerald Waugh wrote:
> We have a server which keeps spawning vacation.pl
> The app takes 100% of CPU cycles.
> It spawns many instances, for the same users.
> 
> Currently using a cron.quarter-hourly job to kill instances of
> vacation.pl
> 
>   #!/bin/bash
>   # fix to kill vacation.pl
>   kill  `pidof -x vacation.pl`
>   exit 0
> 
> This keeps the server running, but not a good idea!

We have noticed the same thing on one of our BQ hosting boxes.   We have 
7 BQ hosting systems, but only one is behaving this way.  <scratches head>.

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