Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ4 - CPU overload

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ajongsma schrieb:

> The main problem is that this mail-bombing seems to come from within the
> company. My only logical conclusion would be that there is some
> misconfiguration on the server. This is not the only problem I'm having but I
> saw that my other emails made it allready to the list. Hopefully somebody can
> point out the main problem so that everything will be running smoothly from
> that point on.

i´m not sure if this could be caused by excessive mail. watch
/var/log/maillog. if you fear mail-bombing, you might consider to
install spamshield.

watch /var/log/messages for strange or suspect log entries, too.

if you are not aware when exactly this load occurs, you might write a
little script that is started in the background by cron, doing an
infinite loop and checking every minute the average load (in
/proc/avgload or something similar) and executes a ps ax when the first
value exceeds 3 for example, dropping the output to you by mail or
better appends it to a file, as sendmail may refuse to accept mail with
very high loads)



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H. P.  Stroebel, Germany