Michael Stauber wrote;
> Hi Gerald,
>
> > 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!
>
> I've seen that before - once. Check with "ps auxwf" and see
> which user owns
> the vacation.pl processes.
There is only one user and it shows in 'top'
> Next check if the user or the site he belongs to is over quota.
Nope Quota looks OK.
> Additionally: Check the .forward file in that user's home
> directory. I've once
> seen a box where a user had both autoresponder and vacation
> message turned
> on, plus it was configured to email a copy to himself. That
> create a pretty
> nasty loop, although there are provisions built in to prevent
> that. Somehow
> they failed in that particular case.
There was no '.forward' file
Gerald
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