Re: [cobalt-users] CPU in RED

[Will DeHaan <will@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kris Dahl wrote:

> > Look for author.exe also--9.9% CPU
> >
> > Use find:
> > $ find /home/sites/ -name mail.cgi
> 
> Those both sound like home-grown cgi scripts... especially author.exe.  What
> the hell is that?  .exe?  I hope that someone doesn't think that a program
> compiled on a linux machine needs to have that extension.

If Microsoft were to release a program for unix should it resemble a
Windows app or any of the programs native to the os?  This is frontpage,
and if you recheck the process list posted, 

  31872 httpd 20 0 2012 2012 1700 R 0 9.9 0.7 0:02 author.exe

...you'll notice it's only been running for 2 seconds, with < 10% cpu
consumption.  Someone is posting a FP site root web update.  This is
about as well behaved as Frontpage Server Extenstions get.

> I would put some restrictions on what users are allowed to run on the
> server, and for the time being, until you can get ahold of the user I'd turn
> off the offending sites ability to use CGIs.
> 
> -k

That or have them pay you to fix mail.cgi.


	-- Will